Street-Fighting Robot Challenge Announced

January 25th, 2007

They want terminator robots more than anything.

Via: New Scientist:

A contest to build a robot that can operate autonomously in urban warfare conditions, moving in and out of buildings to search and destroy targets like a human soldier, was launched in Singapore on Tuesday.

The country’s Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) is offering one million Singapore dollars ($652,000) to whoever develops a robot that completes a stipulated set of tasks – yet to be revealed – in the fastest time possible.

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2 Responses to “Street-Fighting Robot Challenge Announced”

  1. fallout11 says:
    January 25, 2007 at 2:52 pm

    ..and they were kung-fu fighting….they were fast as light-ning…..

    They sure do, Kevin. Painless, autonomous, push-button remote-controlled warfare. The more expensive, they better. The military-industrial complex is in full control.

  2. fallout11 says:
    January 25, 2007 at 2:53 pm

    That was meant to be “the”, not “they”.

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