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By 2007, if you are serving on any of the seven Marine Expeditionary Units, the Gladiator will pave your way toward a new era of war fighting. Service members, civilians and local media got a preview of the capabilities of the Gladiator Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicle during non-lethal employment demonstration at Smith Field here Wednesday.
The Gladiator is loaded with all sorts of gadgets and weaponry, including day and night cameras, a chemical detection system, Light Vehicle Obscuration Smoke System, and is mounted with either M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, the M240G Medium Machine Gun, 9 mm Uzi or an Anti-Personnel/Obstacle Breaching System (APOBS).

Remember that after the revolution, those that are remembered for their efficiency will be spared.

― Dale the Merciless (cprek), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 17:02 (twenty-two years ago)

It's about time we named Millar Tactical Commander of ILX so we can get some of these things.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 17:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Light Vehicle Obscuration Smoke System

Fog machine... just say fog machine..

― Dale the Merciless (cprek), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 17:09 (twenty-two years ago)

If only they would fix it up to resemble a member of Duran Duran, and then I could welcome it with open arms.

― Nicole (Nicole), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 17:11 (twenty-two years ago)

RoboTaylor

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 17:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Ew, no "A.I." pr0n, please.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 17:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Bring it on!

― Nicole (Nicole), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 17:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes, more "Bring It On" pr0n, please!

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 17:23 (twenty-two years ago)

If only they would fix it up to resemble a member of Duran Duran

http://bitchcakes.topcities.com/July4/legoclash2.jpg

― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 17:24 (twenty-two years ago)

During military operations other than war, such as humanitarian aide and peacekeeping, the Gladiator has the potential to perform the duties of an entire rifle company, nearly 160 Marines, said Grundy.

ie It's food-packet-to-oopsy-bomb ratio isn't tainted by "the human element".

(great thread title btw dawg)

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 17:27 (twenty-two years ago)

The military would prefer a Duran Duran bot that couldn't be shattered with a whiffle bat...

― Dale the Merciless (cprek), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 17:28 (twenty-two years ago)

...and knows the words to Union of the Snake. Can Legobot do that? I think not.

― Nicole (Nicole), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 17:33 (twenty-two years ago)

The Lego Band played music that sonded like Human League minus the girl plus extra Kraftwerk and a weird "Dream Police" break. I think they could handle Union of the Snake.

― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 17:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Nicole's curious bigotry towards Lego is saddening.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 17:34 (twenty-two years ago)

TS: Legobot vs Legolas

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 17:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Ah well, now we have a true challenge.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 17:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Robot elf pr0n?

― Nicole (Nicole), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 17:42 (twenty-two years ago)

NOW WE'RE TALKING

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 17:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Why are those things called Gladiator if they can't wield swords?

― Sommermute (Wintermute), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 17:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Robot pr0n
Elf pr0n

But everyone is too scared to combine the two.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 18:29 (twenty-two years ago)

But they're like chocolate and peanut butter!

― Nicole (Nicole), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 18:34 (twenty-two years ago)

I know, I know. The first link is kind of crappy, btw.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 18:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Hang on - I've just remembered that chocolate and peanut butter is disgusting.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 18:35 (twenty-two years ago)

DEMON. He kills you now.

http://www.hersheys.com/about/img/reese.jpg

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 18:37 (twenty-two years ago)

What is it with these bizarre "people" who hate Reeses?

― Nicole (Nicole), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 18:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Actually it occurs to me that the truly disturbing thing about the Reese's figure is that it implies he/she/it is made of pink peanut butter inside.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 18:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Ned, you are a disgusting perv.

― Nicole (Nicole), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 18:43 (twenty-two years ago)

A shit yellow mouth would be too close to the truth.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 18:45 (twenty-two years ago)

And I'M the perv?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 18:45 (twenty-two years ago)

We are all pink on the inside...

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 18:45 (twenty-two years ago)

And I'M the perv?

Yep.

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 18:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Ain't no shame in it. < /Will Smith>

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 18:48 (twenty-two years ago)

I often think of Ned as the Will Smith of ILE.

― Nicole (Nicole), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 18:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes, but Fresh Prince, Six Degrees of Separation or Wild Wild West?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 18:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Bad Boys

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 18:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Ned Raggett IS Ali!

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 19:05 (twenty-two years ago)

I come back expecting robot destruction and instead get Reese's Peanut Butter man and Will Smith. ILE in thread derailment shockah.

― Dale the Merciless (cprek), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 19:08 (twenty-two years ago)

What is it with these bizarre "people" who hate Reeses?
-- Nicole (nicolew1...), July 8th, 2003. (Nicole)

< /Jerry Seinfeld>

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 19:09 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31730-2003Jul9.html

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 16:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Robot McDonalds serving McGriddles? Has the world gone mad?!

― Dale the Merciless (cprek), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 16:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Ned Raggett IS Ali!

But I'd have to work with Michael Mann! Ack!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 16:43 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/07/030709063842.htm

My question is: How many people here qualify as a 'semi-living artist'?

― Dale the Merciless (cprek), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 17:38 (twenty-two years ago)

"...a picture-drawing robot in Perth, Australia whose movements are controlled by the brain signals of cultured rat cells in Atlanta."

HOLY SHIT IN A BLENDER BAT-MAN, THE AGE OF THE CYBORG IS AT HAND! REPENT, ALL YE WHO SO CHOSETH NOT TO BE SWEPT UP IN THE ROBO-BIO REVOLUTION!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 18:59 (twenty-two years ago)

This has been the week of the robots hasn't it? Are Robots to become the Geir Hongro of ILE? What does Momus think of robots? Do robots smoke cigarettes?

Fucking your Robot C/D?

Robots in film POX?

GIANT SPACE COWBOY ELECTRCLASH ROBOTS?

― Millar (Millar), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 19:05 (twenty-two years ago)

I think the title of this thread is awful.

Here's a meme to compensate:
"an experimental robot may one day help the U.S. health care industry cope with burgeoning ranks of the elderly and ill."

― Sébastien Chikara (Sébastien Chikara), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 19:14 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.prosurfinstruction.com/images/pb4pres.jpg

― Dada, Thursday, 10 July 2003 00:07 (twenty-two years ago)

how did this thread go from robot overlords to surfer-dude bankrobbers wearing president's masks?

― Tad (llamasfur), Thursday, 10 July 2003 00:21 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.kimsookarate.com/articles/difference.jpg

― Dada, Thursday, 10 July 2003 00:22 (twenty-two years ago)

I know this isn't ILM, but can some savvy badass remind
me of the name of a band that consists of a human being
controlled by several evil robots?

― squirl plise, Thursday, 10 July 2003 09:19 (twenty-two years ago)

The Dave Matthews Band?

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 10 July 2003 11:52 (twenty-two years ago)

That would be "Captured by Robots." You're welcome.

― NA. (Nick A.), Thursday, 10 July 2003 12:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Robot Balloon Escapes its Handlers

This is similar to a story from almost about one year ago where a robot escaped a lab and made it to the parking lot.

― Dale the Merciless (cprek), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 16:10 (twenty-two years ago)

one month passes...

a thread like this existed, and no mention AT ALL of servotron? WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?!?!

― Tad (llamasfur), Tuesday, 26 August 2003 06:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Did the LEGO band cover "Brick House"? *ducks*

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 26 August 2003 07:02 (twenty-two years ago)

four months pass...

http://www.defensetech.org/archives/images/BigDog_pr_small.jpg

The Army wants robot dogs to carry equipment for soldiers. The article does not suggest that the will be able to shoot bees out of their mouths though.

http://www.defensetech.org/archives/000711.html

*puts on The Theme for the Ultimate and Inevitable Victory*

― Dale the Titled (cprek), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 20:24 (twenty-one years ago)

*the = they (I can't type today)

― Dale the Titled (cprek), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 20:25 (twenty-one years ago)

WOAH IT'S A RAT THING

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 20:28 (twenty-one years ago)

a Stainless Steel Rat!

― Kingfishee (Kingfish), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 20:30 (twenty-one years ago)

it appears to have quite a bounce in it's step. i bet you it's whistling too¡

― dyson (dyson), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 20:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Where the Elite Non-Meat Meet

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 20:57 (twenty-one years ago)

"Well, here's your problem, sergeant! somebody programmed this dog to 'happy'!"

― Kingfishee (Kingfish), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 21:04 (twenty-one years ago)

http://img.uno.hu/img/pictures/1188.jpg

― Allyzay, Wednesday, 7 January 2004 22:01 (twenty-one years ago)

For a second I thought Ally was showing us Jay-Z with his own personal Rat Thing.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 8 January 2004 03:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Meet your new robotic LOBSTER overlords

― Dale the Titled (cprek), Thursday, 8 January 2004 14:37 (twenty-one years ago)

!!!!!

― Kingfishee (Kingfish), Thursday, 8 January 2004 14:56 (twenty-one years ago)

We have a correction. It appears the assumption that all black people are robots was made in error. The correct logic applied reveals that in fact all robots are black people. Please revise your corollaries as necessary.

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 8 January 2004 15:25 (twenty-one years ago)

apparently you cannot include links in your name

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 8 January 2004 15:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Those things aren't for real are they!?! I saw one of their commercials and was certain that it was simply a movie preview!

― I mean seriously, like HOLY SHIT (nickalicious), Thursday, 8 January 2004 15:34 (twenty-one years ago)

That's a teaser for a forthcoming film of asimov's "I Robot", I believe.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 8 January 2004 15:44 (twenty-one years ago)

PUT DOWN THE BONG.

― Allyzay, Thursday, 8 January 2004 15:45 (twenty-one years ago)

haha

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 8 January 2004 15:45 (twenty-one years ago)

ha ha if I had simply paid attention to the URL

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 8 January 2004 15:47 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm such a dumbass.

― you know, I was like this long before teh bong (nickalicious), Thursday, 8 January 2004 15:48 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.themoviebox.net/movies/2004/STUVWXYZ/Stepford-Wives,The/images/stepfordwives.jpg

Robotic built-to-please Nicole Kidmans. No-one tell N.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 8 January 2004 15:49 (twenty-one years ago)

(xpost) This is true.

― Dale the Titled (cprek), Thursday, 8 January 2004 15:50 (twenty-one years ago)

I can't resist the nickalicious weed jokes, I'm sorry. I'm going to hell you know. Haha I had this great conversation yesterday, my friend Craig and I were at lunch and for some reason we were talking about my friend Jus. She has this habit of freaking out whenever a beer goes slightly above ice cold temperatures. Like it'll still be cold but there will be no frost on the bottle and she'll be like, "My god this beer is so hot! Let me get you another one!" The woman wastes GALLONS of beer a year, honestly. So suddenly Craig goes, "I dunno what she's so worried about anyway. You, me, her, we all have to get used to this warm beer shit, cos that's how they serve them in hell."

Also we're all robots, to bring it back to the subject at hand.

― Allyzay, Thursday, 8 January 2004 16:27 (twenty-one years ago)

this thing looks like robosperm to me.
http://www.neurotechnology.neu.edu/images/newundulator.jpg

― dyson (dyson), Thursday, 8 January 2004 19:04 (twenty-one years ago)

I like a good dark beer at room temperature, quite a bit actually. Which means I am going to wind up in heaven where all the beer is piss yellow and ice cold all the time.

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 8 January 2004 21:26 (twenty-one years ago)

I said this last night to someone else and I'm going to say it again:

Why are you fucking my joke in the ass?

― Allyzay, Thursday, 8 January 2004 22:09 (twenty-one years ago)

two months pass...

These guys are SO coming to my next party:

7MB movie

― Paul Eater (eater), Wednesday, 31 March 2004 20:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Dancing robots! Les robots qui dansent! Tanzende Roboter!

― Paul Eater (eater), Thursday, 1 April 2004 01:38 (twenty-one years ago)

MY LIFE IS NOW COMPLETE.

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 1 April 2004 03:57 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.rnw.nl/science/assets/images/sony12.jpg

― winterland, Thursday, 1 April 2004 06:54 (twenty-one years ago)

RAWR

― Kingfish Hypercolor (Kingfish), Thursday, 1 April 2004 17:01 (twenty-one years ago)

four months pass...

http://www.setel.com/~ccprek/pics/robotodd.jpg

― Dale the Panopticalist (cprek), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 17:14 (twenty-one years ago)

ihttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v25/chorrocks/8-18.jpg

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 17:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Does that Gladiator get reprogrammed by lightning so that it goes around demanding "more input!" from girls with fantastically 80's-style hair?

― Simon (flameproof) (Flameproof), Thursday, 19 August 2004 09:23 (twenty-one years ago)

three weeks pass...

Fly eating robots.

― Dale the Panopticalist (cprek), Thursday, 9 September 2004 10:26 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...

U.N.: Robot Use to Surge Sevenfold by 2007
Thu Oct 21,11:55 AM ET
Technology - AP
By JONATHAN FOWLER, Associated Press Writer

GENEVA - The use of robots around the home to mow lawns, vacuum floors, pull guard duty and perform other chores is set to surge sevenfold by 2007, says a new U.N. survey, which credits dropping prices for the robot boom...

dig the article's URL, too.

― Sir Kingfish Beavis D'Azzmonch (Kingfish), Thursday, 21 October 2004 19:52 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...

they're now going to go ahead and arm the droids

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/2002091466/www.wired.com/news/images/full/talon_fm_f.jpg

― kingfish (Kingfish), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 15:50 (twenty years ago)

Skynet! Didn't these guys watch T3???

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 2 December 2004 00:04 (twenty years ago)

Johnny Fives is... ALIVE!!!

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Thursday, 2 December 2004 00:25 (twenty years ago)

And he's pissed!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 2 December 2004 00:26 (twenty years ago)

In 2005, the very first military remote control cars with guns taped on top were unleashed upon the world.

Congratulations to the pentagon on being totally fucking underwhelming in every possible way.

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 2 December 2004 00:36 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4199935.stm

and off they go!

Robot soldiers' bound for Iraq
Last Updated: Sunday, 23 January, 2005, 16:45 GMT

The US military is planning to deploy robots armed with machine-guns to wage war against insurgents in Iraq.

Eighteen of the 1m-high robots, equipped with cameras and operated by remote control, are going to Iraq this spring, the Associated Press reports...

[...]

The robot fighter has been christened Swords, after the acronym for Special Weapons Observation Reconnaissance Detection Systems...

― kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 24 January 2005 02:42 (twenty years ago)

http://krant.telegraaf.nl/krant/actueel/oscars/fotos/oscars.1starwars_robots.jpg

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 24 January 2005 02:43 (twenty years ago)

So you're saying the Iraqi insurgency is led by Jar Jar Binks.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 24 January 2005 03:08 (twenty years ago)

meesa say yes, ned.

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 24 January 2005 03:10 (twenty years ago)

I heard these new robots are also programmed to point at and mock enemy soldiers' genitals.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 24 January 2005 03:21 (twenty years ago)

I wonder if they smoke menthols.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 24 January 2005 03:21 (twenty years ago)

Fucking your Robot C/D?

Ask Bob Dylan.

― j.lu (j.lu), Monday, 24 January 2005 03:23 (twenty years ago)

http://grad29.as.utexas.edu/~triples/TK-421/tk6a.gif

― Jimmy Mod always makes friends with women before bedding them down (ModJ), Monday, 24 January 2005 06:01 (twenty years ago)

i wanna see a stormtrooper doing the lynndie!

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 24 January 2005 06:05 (twenty years ago)

three months pass...

Meet your new Reproducing Rubik's Cube Overlords

― robster (robster), Thursday, 12 May 2005 08:36 (twenty years ago)

three years pass...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7575605.stm

Robot arm can pick up an apple. We are all going to get fucked over soon, mark my words.

― Pashmina, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 12:28 (seventeen years ago)

so what. my 'Big Foot' robot truck used to *bring* me my fucking apple, and tip it right at my feet.

― Ste, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 12:34 (seventeen years ago)

your big foot robo-truck never made bbc news though, did it? That's because this is SERIOUS BUSINESS.

― Pashmina, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 12:40 (seventeen years ago)

WTF?

"In another demonstration, Intel revealed its work on programmable matter called catoms. Fully realised these will use millions of tiny micro-robots which are used to build shape shifting materials. The technology could make it possible for a device to actually change physical form in order to suit the way it is being used. "

― Ste, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 12:43 (seventeen years ago)

ten months pass...

EW! CLIMBING SNAKE ROBOT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T62E-_pQt3c

Goddamn it, 2012/singularity/dystopia is going to be hard enough without these things around. Weapons training will be earlier than I thought.

― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 24 July 2009 08:09 (sixteen years ago)

Actual size Gundam statue. Insane.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajm7lZgZpJQ

― Nate Carson, Friday, 24 July 2009 08:39 (sixteen years ago)

Also, check out this CNN article from today about military war drones.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/23/wus.warfare.remote.uav/index.html

― Nate Carson, Friday, 24 July 2009 08:40 (sixteen years ago)

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