Re: Pentagon Creates Battlefield Robots

On 2 Dec 2003 09:26:37 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (IAPW) wrote:

>http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/12/02/segway.military.ap/index.html
>
>"It's called the Segway Human Transporter, but the Pentagon is drafting 
>the two-wheeled scooter as part of a plan to develop battlefield robots 
>that think on their own and communicate with troops."

Well, so much for controlling costs, as if there were any hope of that
in the first place.  Considering how overpriced and underwhelming the
civilian Segways have been, the military versions will make those
$6000 hammers look like excellent bargains in comparison.


Peter L. Ward
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