Korea To Build Front-line Combat Robot

christchurch wrote to mention the story of a plucky Korean robot that has been built for combat. From the article: "According to design blueprints released during a meeting of science-related ministers, the robot will have six or eight extendable legs with wheels allowing it to move like an insect over uneven terrain. The robot will be armed with various weapons and will operate both by remote control and its own artificial intelligence system"

has to be said.

[indy_Muad'Dib]

may i be the first to welcome out 8 leggeded robotic overlords.

I'll be baac

[AdityaG]

Now we just wait for the naked guys to drop outta the sky...

"blueprints"

[Capt'n Hector]

haha those "blueprints" are from lightwave, aren't they? In that case, I have blueprints for several deep-space capital ships, a few space fighters, and a couple of plasma guns.

Re:has to be said.

[BottleCup]

yes and after the AI in the robots decide they dont need humans anymore and take over administration, I can just see the headlines now:

Combat Robots Got Seoul!

Re:The AI must be really good.

[russianspy]

I doubt it is going to be THAT sophisticated. People running this way (and shouting are OK), people running the other way (either attacking troops OR your own defecting troops) are to be shot. Easy, eh?

Re:Constantly hearing about combat-bots

[slashdotnickname]

Are there any bots out there that are designed to shoot people?
Yes, my aimbot is capable of clearing out a room of them.

Welcome to 21st century

[ingo23]

It's all much simpler.

1. A robot must bring profit.

In Other News

[hobotron]

Korean Old Glory Insurance premiums have just soared overnight

Anime

[Mancat]

The robot will also only be pilotable by spiky-haired prepubescent boys.

Re:Ethics and such...

[Samedi1971]

Who's to be reponsible if one of these malfunctions and kills a bus full of school children? The programmer? The tech operating it? The government? The manufaturer? The military? Noone?

The scapegoat, of course.

Re:has to be said.

[Sugar Moose]

I've noticed a lot of people welcoming pretty much anything as an overlord. In fact, there's so many, it's as if they're taking over Slashdot.

And may I be the first to welcome our new "welcomes everything as a new overlord" overlords. May your reign be long and prosper--aw, crap, it's over.

They already welcomed someone else as our new overlords.

Re:Yes

[saskboy]

A robot doesn't have to have legs, or lack wings. Saying a robot can't have wings is robot discrimination, and is a violation of the Robot-Human treaty of 2001. Prepare to have your service line discontinued, to be in compliance.

Re:Minor clarification

[immerrath]

As opposed to the USA?

Re:has to be said.

[NanoGator]

"has to be said."

Why? Does the one millionth copycat get a free iPod or something?

Not to worry...

[20th Century Boy]

As North Korea already has their own robotic countermeasures. [theonion.com]

Re:Fragging nerds

[Heliode]

My God man! Think about what you're saying! We're talking about Korean nerds here! It'll be a black day for humanity when one of those things goes "Kekeke Zergrush ^_^".

Nearly pissed myself laughing

[Rogerborg]

Wars haven't been honourable since 1485. Look it up.

Oh come on

[Anonymous Coward]

In Korea, only old people are party poopers.

Re:Science Vessel .. .

[pooh666]

This is slashdot, it is pronouced Wessel..

Re:Fragging nerds

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