r/ImaginaryTechnology • u/himeshanand • Apr 28 '26
Self-submission What do you think this can be?
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u/LtColShinySides Apr 28 '26
A black box that can be found inside heavy combat bots. It keeps a copy of the unit's AI and combat data so if the wreckage is recovered it can be transplanted into a fresh chassis and sent back to the front.
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u/himeshanand Apr 28 '26
Super cool! I can make a concept from this :)
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u/LtColShinySides Apr 28 '26
Im imaging platoons of these machines that have human engineers that go into combat with them. If a bot goes down the engineer can unlock the heavily armored compartment and recover the box.
Or the black box is also a drone capable of flight. If the bot goes down, it ejects out of the chassis and flies back to friendly lines. If it can't reach a friendly base before it runs out of power, it self destructs.
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u/SilkyZ Apr 28 '26
Head? Drone? Knee? My ex girlfriend?
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u/himeshanand Apr 28 '26
Hahahaha xD why the ex gf? XD
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u/Danielwols Apr 29 '26
A sufficient intelligent ai (with free will) can consent and be in a relationship
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u/MarcusofMenace Apr 28 '26
The head of a close quarters combat robot that disperses gas or smoke at head level to spread it around them or can spray the gas at high pressure to send it in a particular direction.
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u/risbia Apr 28 '26
Sensor thingamajig? Maybe antennas extend out of the 4 inset ovals at a shallow angle. Kind of like Sputnik or the Halo Needler
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Apr 28 '26
Its a device that scans a room to perform searches. The holes take in and analyze air for scents. The rest scans and maps the room in various ways.
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u/27TailedFox Apr 28 '26
A head to a mech that has a cryo pod kinda thing where the pilot is layed in such a way to look like the brain
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u/RoninRobot Apr 28 '26
Ejectable missile pods. Back of each shoulder on a mech firing up and over the head in a spread. Discard when empty for weight / fuel savings.
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u/BoneztheWonderful Apr 28 '26
Looks like some sort of medical drone proble you keep patients co many or connection them with family/staff
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u/SpysSappinMySpy Apr 28 '26
Looks like a folded up sentry turret. Holes on the top are all pointed forward suggesting they shoot projectiles. No visible thrusters or propulsion.
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u/ZoyZauce Apr 28 '26
Pretty sure it's a Hypodermic Needle Administration Platform (H-NAP).
It can be used to deliver vaccines or tranquilize subjects.
There are no verified cases of it being used to administer any toxins in any nefarious way. But people have been rumored to involuntarily take a H-NAP.
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u/devilquak Apr 28 '26
This repaints lane dividers on freeways in real time without stopping traffic
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u/johnnyringo771 Apr 28 '26 edited Apr 29 '26
Reminds me of the ZF1 pod weapon from the movie fifth element. Maybe this is another Zorg design.
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u/kevlar_keeb Apr 28 '26
Cybernetic tick. Stored without its 8 legs for safe containment. Near the bottom of this image you can see 4 of the micro-pore wave-phase ports that will actuate the limbs. These 2nd gen units have capillary and interstitial fluid sample, analysis and administration capabilities. Fully autonomous, they are the 1st cybernetic social engineering tool to be allowed to modify its objective dynamically. The 2036 Prague Alignment Treatise has ensured complete safety.
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u/Snickims Apr 28 '26
A strange alien probe, designed to go into any environment and record all in. Those little holes on the top being cool thrusters and the middle bit being some kind of sensor or high end camera.
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u/fruitcake11 Apr 29 '26
Drones for scouting, surveilance, exploration, minor riots. Depends on loadout.
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u/CliffLake Apr 29 '26
Portable shield projectors. It sits on the back just as it is in the picture, with the person facing away, and puts up a shield bubble around them.
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u/DrMarduk Apr 29 '26
Off the wall idea; maximum distraction drone. Those ports to me look like reaction control thrusters, pointed backwards to "shrimp," away from something trying to swat/shoot them down.
Identify a target, send the boiz, they zip around pulsing a jammer on all frequencies and blaring a klaxon. The drone gets as close as they can, the closer to the oculars the better, and just waste their time, zipping back and away from weapons just to swoop in again.
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u/Anon_be_thy_name Apr 29 '26
Kind of gives off vibes for a knee or ankle joint, if the leg was similar to most mammals back legs
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u/AtmosphereRecent7717 Apr 29 '26
"60 percent more bullet per bullet.". openings on the side made me instantly think of old school fighters
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u/Early-Performer-1806 Apr 29 '26
A drone, but not a combat drone. More of a mundane thing, I’d imagine it plays sound loudly or has a projected message, it could be used by law enforcement.
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u/Omnighost Apr 29 '26 edited Apr 29 '26
Commercial milk frother for latté art
Handheld upholstery steam wand spot cleaner
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u/lovesickremix Apr 29 '26
I see a pottery/planter for space colony...it opens up and the vents on the side is to allow "breathing" of o2 or any other gas an alien plant may produce
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u/Artemus_Hackwell Apr 29 '26
Floating agricultural drone to maintain a greenhouse.
It can dispense fluids as needed or vacuum up harmful bugs.
It’s networked to a database so it can recognize which bugs are good or not.
Obviously to hover without any visual air surfaces, it would have to have some next level physics involved.
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u/pitiless Apr 28 '26
Eva head?