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ShelterWolf
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Headless Terminator Precursor by Boston Dynamics
Nov 1 2011, 8:53 PM EDT | Post edited: Nov 1 2011, 8:53 PM EDT
Boston Dynamics, makers of the BigDog robot that can haul stuff around for the military has released a video of PETMAN, a human version that looks like a combination of the Terminator and a Cylon from Battlestar Galactica. Maybe even scarier is the fact that it walks like John Wayne; just enough attitude to let you know he's not someone to be messed with...

Boston Dynamics was founded by some really smart people from MIT, and it’s funding for most of its projects such as this one ($26.3 million) come from the U.S. Defense Department, e.g. DARPA. And while the DoD maintains that it’s reason for paying for the creation of PETMAN is to test uniforms, it’s hardly likely that it’s interest will remain there indefinitely as it’s hard to ignore the emotional reaction that most people experience upon viewing the video. Seeing it in person, weaponized, on the battlefield, likely would inspire a new level of terror in enemy combatants and could conceivably lead to changes in the ways unconventional wars are fought. Just as is happening already with drones...

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-11-makers-infamous-bigdog-robot-unveil.html
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termi-ninja-tor
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1. RE: Headless Terminator Precursor by Boston Dynamics
Nov 1 2011, 11:25 PM EDT | Post edited: Nov 1 2011, 11:25 PM EDT
I wonder how strong it is. All its equipment looks very vulnerable to small arms fire. They would have to armor it up, and then it would have to be strong enough to move with the weight of the armor. Enemy combatants would have to switch to higher calibers and/or armor piercing rounds.

The key advantage will be that no human life is at risk. A second advantage is if it can carry more armor than a human, then it can carry out missions where a human would be shot and stopped.

I wonder how much it would weigh with heavy armor and sufficiently powerful motors to move the armor. it would make sense that it might be bigger, too.

And it needs some independent mobile power source. A small electric generator as a backpack might be able to generate enough power to fulfill the endoskeleton's requirements. Or a battery, for shorter operations. How about putting a larger generator on a Big Dog and having the two move forward together? The connecting power cable would be like a leash. lol
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ShelterWolf
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2. RE: Headless Terminator Precursor by Boston Dynamics
Nov 13 2011, 7:33 PM EST | Post edited: Nov 13 2011, 7:33 PM EST
"I wonder how strong it is. All its equipment looks very vulnerable to small arms fire. They would have to armor it up, and then it would have to be strong enough to move with the weight of the armor. Enemy combatants would have to switch to higher calibers and/or armor piercing rounds.

The key advantage will be that no human life is at risk. A second advantage is if it can carry more armor than a human, then it can carry out missions where a human would be shot and stopped.

I wonder how much it would weigh with heavy armor and sufficiently powerful motors to move the armor. it would make sense that it might be bigger, too.

And it needs some independent mobile power source. A small electric generator as a backpack might be able to generate enough power to fulfill the endoskeleton's requirements. Or a battery, for shorter operations. How about putting a larger generator on a Big Dog and having the two move forward together? The connecting power cable would be like a leash. lol"
They might even make it wireless powered, but a nuclear battery would be most efficient. And you know how metallurgy is moving forward everyday by leaps and bounds. The shell doesn't have to be heavy at all; it just needs stopping power.
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