With all the brouhaha coming out of South Korea over their proposed standards for the prevention of cruelty to robots, you've just got to wonder what people would think of this little beauty:
Killer Jew-bot?
Orig: This photo made available by Elbit Systems, Thursday, March 8, 2007, shows the 11 kilogram (25 lb), 23 centimeter (9 inch) tall VIPeR Israeli military robot. After years of Palestinian-Israeli fighting, various kinds of robots are widely used by the Israeli army and police for inspecting suspect objects thought to be bombs, checking buildings for booby traps and sniffing out arms and explosives. (AP Photo/Elbit Systems)
Orig: This photo made available by Elbit Systems, Thursday, March 8, 2007, shows the 11 kilogram (25 lb), 23 centimeter (9 inch) tall VIPeR Israeli military robot. After years of Palestinian-Israeli fighting, various kinds of robots are widely used by the Israeli army and police for inspecting suspect objects thought to be bombs, checking buildings for booby traps and sniffing out arms and explosives. (AP Photo/Elbit Systems)
Update: Great minds think alike? Well, since Aussie Dave is the only "great mind" amongst the two of us, maybe not. Also, to answer Ace's request, I'd say this little contraption just might be a MACACA-BOT.
Comments:
#1 Ace of Spades HQ 08-Mar-2007
Kind of cool military robot used by the Israelis....
