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Aussies Develop Robots on Segways for Firing Practice

Posted April 14, 2010 8:40 AM

From Newlaunches.com:

The armed forces are more into the future than we thought. Well, if that doesn't sound convincing enough then how about the presence of Segways moving around the streets, disguised as normal people. This was done by Australian based company, Marathon Robotics. They can act as dummy hostages or civilians, thus helping armed forces practice better to deal in situations that involve co-lateral damage.

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Re: Aussies Develop Robots on Segways for Firing Practice

04/15/2010 8:40 AM

More unjustifiable waste of time and money on war related development, and the arguments about how military research provides new developments for the average joe is a mountain of unmitigated malarkey. It is more likely to be used to subjugate people rather than free them.

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