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    Robots That Hunt in Packs

    By John Brandon Posted on 11.7.2008 20 Comments

    The Department of Defense has put out a call: design a pack of robots. A so-called Multi-Robot Pursuit System would be used to "search for and detect a non-cooperative human subject." Each robot has to weigh 100 kilograms or less, act autonomously (with a human squad leader), negotiate obstacles, and provide immediate feedback. The robots would report back to a human operator, and defer to that human when the robot AI determines that a "difficult decision" is required.

    11.6.2008 at 04:52pm - Comment by SuprScience9

    Robots are a powerful tool. That Kind of power is doubled every year, or in other words the amount of memory that can be stored on a machine is doubled every year. in 2005 a robot beat the worlds best chess player. With that kind of power doubling every year we can be outsmarted by even our own blenders in a couple of years. Robots with weapons or bombs strapped to thier backs arent the best idea who knows who might tamper with those machines? i agree with the comment from Polish. why do we have to invest that kind of power with machines? why cant they help out with jobs that are hard and require much labor. Sicncerely, That Dude P.S. information came from last days on earth from the national geograpic channel and inspiration from Mrs. Ashton and Bill Nye



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