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Robo-Soldier to Patrol South Korean Border
ABC News ^
| Sept. 29, 2006
| JOOHEE CHO
Posted on 10/05/2006 2:00:26 PM PDT by driftdiver
South Korea has unveiled an armed robot that it says will able to detect and repel intruders along its heavily armed border with North Korea.
The so-called "Intelligent Surveillance and Guard Robot" uses visual and infra-red detection to distinguish between humans, trees, and vehicles, and can do so from 2.5 miles away during the day and about half that at night.
"Until now, technology allowed these robots to conduct monitoring function[s] only. But [now] our robots can detect suspicious moving objects, literally go after them, and can even fire at them," said Sang-Il Han, principal research engineer at Samsung Techwin.
Once the target is within 10 meters, it will demand a pre-programmed military secret code. If this code is not provided, it could give three possible responses: sound an alarm, fire rubber bullets or open fire with a K-3 machine gun.
Since 2003 South Korea' s government and private sector have invested $5 million each on developing military robots in an attempt to prevent future loss of military manpower especially important in light of South Korea's dwindling birthrate.
This ten million dollar project is set to be marketed next year. The robots will also be tauted for use in guarding civilian facilities such as airports, power plants and oil pipelines.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: korea; robot; soldier
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Cool robo cop stuff
To: driftdiver
"Drop your weapon, you have 20 seconds to comply." - ED 9000
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posted on
10/05/2006 2:02:17 PM PDT
by
Caged in Canuckistan
(A message from Canada: GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!)
To: driftdiver
Except it runs old pirated copies of Windows as its operating system. :)
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posted on
10/05/2006 2:03:18 PM PDT
by
P-40
(Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
To: driftdiver
Here you go boys!!!
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posted on
10/05/2006 2:03:32 PM PDT
by
Trueblackman
(Terrorism and Liberalism never sleep and neither do I)
To: driftdiver
So in theory it could be programed to eliminate Feral Hogs?
To: driftdiver
Hey, I have an idea. Instead of a fence on the Mexican border.....
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posted on
10/05/2006 2:04:37 PM PDT
by
isthisnickcool
(All your instant messages belong to us!)
To: driftdiver
The initial price will be around $200,000 per robot
That seems very inexpensive for what it can purportedly do. Why can't the US test a few of these out along the Iran- Iraq border?
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posted on
10/05/2006 2:07:12 PM PDT
by
kinoxi
(.)
To: kinoxi
That seems very inexpensive for what it can purportedly do.
Agreed.
I wonder if "the rest of the world" will start ordering them and
then economies of scale will really bring that on down to say $50K.
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posted on
10/05/2006 2:10:23 PM PDT
by
VOA
To: driftdiver
LOL, wow.
I hope they used a strong password. :D
To: VOA
I wonder if "the rest of the world" will start ordering them and then economies of scale will really bring that on down to say $50K.
I wouldn't mind having one. For novelty purposes only of course...
:)
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posted on
10/05/2006 2:16:37 PM PDT
by
kinoxi
(.)
To: driftdiver
Can it tell the difference between Muslims and non-Muslims?
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posted on
10/05/2006 2:19:55 PM PDT
by
Catholic Canadian
(Formerly Ashamed Canadian - thank you Stephen Harper!)
To: Catholic Canadian
If it's wearing a turban or burka, put a cap in it.
It's the only way to be sure.
(/sarcasm ?)
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posted on
10/05/2006 2:25:20 PM PDT
by
tricky_k_1972
(Putting on Tinfoil hat and heading for the bomb shelter.)
To: driftdiver
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posted on
10/05/2006 2:30:48 PM PDT
by
tricky_k_1972
(Putting on Tinfoil hat and heading for the bomb shelter.)
To: Trueblackman
See post #13, sorta looks more like Johnny 5.
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posted on
10/05/2006 2:32:16 PM PDT
by
tricky_k_1972
(Putting on Tinfoil hat and heading for the bomb shelter.)
To: Constantine XIII
I hope they used a strong password.Bosco.
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posted on
10/05/2006 2:34:54 PM PDT
by
steveo
(ADVERTISEMENT)
To: steveo
Killroy, or better yet "shoot me".
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posted on
10/05/2006 2:38:37 PM PDT
by
tricky_k_1972
(Putting on Tinfoil hat and heading for the bomb shelter.)
To: driftdiver
The Daewoo K3 fires a 5.56x45mm NATO round (size of an M-16 round). It weights 15.1 lbs., hold 250 rounds of belt ammo or a 30-round box magazine. It fires 700 rounds per minute with a belt (closer to the rate of our M-60) or about 1000 rounds per minute from the box magazine (far slower than our SAW).
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posted on
10/05/2006 2:45:22 PM PDT
by
familyop
(Essayons)
To: driftdiver
I wonder if the college yutes in Seoul will protest the robot's presence in their country.
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posted on
10/05/2006 2:45:55 PM PDT
by
Rakkasan1
((Illegal immigrants are just undocumented friends you haven't met yet!))
To: Trueblackman
That was the one I was thinkin' 'bout .. yoo betcha' !
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posted on
10/05/2006 2:47:53 PM PDT
by
knarf
(Islamists kill each other ... News wall-to-wall, 24/7 .. don't touch that dial.)
To: knarf
They should put one in the federal archive building.
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posted on
10/05/2006 2:50:28 PM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
("Freedom by its nature cannot be imposed, it must be chosen")
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