[Robotgroup] Drop your weapon. You have 20 seconds to comply....

[Don Colbath]

Could use a few of these in downtown Baghdad.  If it can distinguish two 
targets it can see one leaving an IED behind and shoot both.  Same 
algorithm would  take care of litter bugs.

Don, slightly right of Atilla the Hun, Colbath

Vern Graner wrote:

>http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/samsung_develops_machine_gun_sentry_robot_costs_200k.php
>
>Tiny here:
>
>http://tinyurl.com/ymds5b
>
>>From the story:
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>Samsung develops machine gun sentry robot costs $200k
>November 3, 2006 - 9:31 AM : Related Entries - Far East
>
>Samsung has partnered with Korea university and developed the
>machine-gun equipped robotic sentry. It is equipped with two cameras
>with zooming capabilities one for day time and one for infrared night
>vision. It has a sophisticated pattern recognition which can detect the
>difference between humans and trees, and a 5.5mm machine-gun. The robot
>also has a speaker to warn the intruder to surrender or get a perfect
>headshot. The robots will go on sale by 2007 for $ 200,000 and will be
>deployed on the border between North and South Korea.
>------------------------- /CLIP --------------------------
>
>Watch the video. Frikken scary...
>
>Glad these weren't at the Samsung Sponsored First Night last year! :P
>
>Vern
>
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