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January 28, 2006
SWORDS Battle Bots
Meet the worlds first robotic combat soldier, a.k.a SWORDS (Special Weapons Observation Remote Direct Action System). Although its floating arm can be equipped with any number of weapons, no need to fear it turning on us since its remote controlled.
SWORDS has seen combat in the middle east with positive results (or so the military reports). The bot is completely silent, can keep pace with a running soldier, climb stairs, right itself, negotiate rough terrain, overcome trap wire, and plow thru most debris. Aside from all those abilities, perhaps the most outstanding is its accuracy. True to computer form, its weapon/rocket launcher is 99.9% accurate.
During the early days of the war, reports came out of how poorly supplied many of the U.S. soldiers were. Now that years have gone by, and the casualties continually rise, SWORDS gives insight into the future of warfare, a device independent of supplies and replaceable. Ironically, its place on the battlefield will mean less loss of human life for us, but more for our enemies.
Truly SWORDS is the epitome of science and human ingenuity on display; with two faces, one benefiting and one retarding.
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wow that is masive
Posted by: alovera at September 27, 2007 12:22 PM