Thursday, May 29, 2008

Border Patrol Agent Skynet

Robot + Super Gun = ‘Crowd Control’ What do you do with a robot armed with a million-round-per-minute gun? “Crowd control,” naturally. For several months, Metal Storm, the troubled electronic gun developer, has been working with iRobot â€" the makers of military machines and cute, semi-autonomous vacuum cleaners â€" to arm some of their new, 250-pound unmanned ground vehicles. Last week, at a defense trade show, the two firms showed off the results of their joint venture. I posted before about Me