Killer Robots

From the article: “NASA wants to have a lunar base in 2020, and they are teaming up with Astrobotic Technology and Carnegie Mellon University to design automated Tonka trucks that would do the groundwork. And probably find Nazis.” I swear, you can’t make this stuff up.

New Scientist has an article about recent advances in cyborg technology. Double arm amputee Christian Kandlbauer might just be our first inside man. Be safe sir.

See the video below to watch a swarm of autonomous robots drag a freaking human child across a room; an image that will surely haunt you until the day you die. Enjoy.

According to Engadget, the robots have drawn first blood when a Danish man was tragically killed by his robotic lawnmower. Rest in peace, sir.

CNET has an article detailing how "colonies of borg-like cyberrobots … will help government agencies detect and fend off attacks on the nation’s computer network infrastructure." So if I read this correctly, they’re trying to have robots defend the critical infrastructure of the country. Ahhhh, another nail in the coffin my friends.

From the article: The stark warning — which includes discussion of a “Terminator”-style scenario in which robots turn on their human masters — is part of a hefty report funded by and prepared for the U.S. Navy’s high-tech and secretive Office of Naval Research.

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From the article: "It's official: robotics scientists are now just daring the things to kill us. An Aberdeen University have built a robot programmed to fulfill one objective no matter what, to evolve in order to do so, and to make use of extra materials when they're available."

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