Surveillance Robot That is Programmed To Hide 148
An anonymous reader writes "The folks over at Lockheed Martin have just released information about their new covert robot that can sneak up on buildings, detect and evade sentries, and send reconnaissance information back to the good guys. From the article: 'What makes the robot special is its ability to build a computer model of its surroundings, incorporating information on lines of sight. The robot is fitted with a laser scanner to allow it to covertly map its environment in 3D. It also has a set of acoustic sensors which it uses to distinguish nearby footsteps and their direction.'"
better verify that (Score:5, Funny)
...and send reconnaissance information back to the good guys
So if I know for sure that I'm the bad guy, I definitely don't want to be using one of these.
Re:I for one (Score:5, Funny)
...that can sneak up on buildings...
Those buildings are so dang hard to sneak up on, but they sure let out quit a yelp when you surprise them!
Important Message from Kremlen (Score:5, Funny)
In Soviet Russia robots hide from YOU!
Re:Degrees of definition (Score:5, Funny)
0. KILL ALL HUMANS
Re:I for one (Score:5, Funny)
... welcome our new hidden overlords
I was paranoid before I RTFA now I'm bat shit insane! The tin foil just isn't gonna cut it now.
I wonder if I can modify my tiger repelling rock to repel tiny robot overlords?
Anyone got a firmware update? The last one I Installed was 2.45b which seems slightly buggy and didn't mention anything about robots.
It's been done before (Score:5, Funny)
Re:As if my insomnia wasn't bad enough already (Score:4, Funny)
WALL-E was kinda cool, you know what's not cool? When he sneaks into your house in the middle of the night, neutralizes your dog and family members, then fulfill's your bittersweet fantasies of a robot style apocalypse!
STALK-R?
Just when you thought (Score:2, Funny)
... it was safe to jerk off