Turquoise wrote:
I think people would be more eager to enter war if human lives of their own country wouldn't be on the line during the conflict.
On the other hand, maybe this isn't such a bad thing. I mean, without the problem of our own people dying in conflicts, then warfare becomes a lot more straightforward. We could crush an enemy without losing even one of our own men.
If we're still having problems with the Middle East by the time something like this is in place, I see a very short and dim future for Arabs.
We will have the ability shortly to do this. We can attack, but can't occupy anything without boots on the ground though. We could have robots patrol our ships so we don't have to have so much of our Navy occupied with patrolling?
I was thinking that the U.S. could hire-out these robots when they aren't being used for shipping companies that go near the Eastern African coast, for example, where there are alot of pirates.
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robots_in_warfareBut what's interesting is that we may be using robots for domestic security first:
Josh Fink brings news of an Atlanta resident who has created a remote control robot to scare off criminals during the night. Rufus Terrill, an engineer, uses it to patrol the streets and encourage drug dealers and other shady characters to move on. Local residents call it his "Robocop."
From CNN: "It's a barbecue smoker mounted on a three-wheeled scooter, and armed with an infrared camera, spotlight, loudspeaker and
aluminum water cannon that shoots a stream of icy water about 20 feet. Operated by remote control, the robot spotlights trespassers on property down the street from his bar, O'Terrill's. Using a walkie-talkie, Terrill belts out through the robot's loudspeaker, 'That's private property. You guys need to get out of here.'"
Source:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl … p;from=rss
