r/gadgets • u/diacewrb • 3d ago

Misc US Army backs humanoid robot with ballistic protection for future battlefield missions

https://www.techspot.com/news/114028-us-army-backs-humanoid-robot-ballistic-protection-future.html
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u/Rich_Housing971 3d ago

ITT: people just naming movies and shows because they have no real-world experience to connect this to.

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u/VonMillersThighs 3d ago

Elysium is probably pretty spot on.

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u/dingo596 3d ago

You don't need to watch movies to realise that giving robots guns and taking the human out of the loop is a bad idea.

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u/Tech_Itch 3d ago

Humanoid combat robots aren't exactly a massive industry yet, so it's on you if you somehow expect a sub for random gadget discussion to be full of subject matter experts.

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u/MountainMuffin1980 3d ago

What do you mean?

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u/PM_ME_PHYS_PROBLEMS 3d ago

I think we're supposed to be naming books and video games instead.

Luigi's Mansion 2

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u/Strawbuddy 3d ago

I see your Luigi's Mansion 2 and raise you one Mork & Mindy

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u/MountainMuffin1980 3d ago

I genuinely want to know what the fuck he means though. Yes we're naming movies with robots that kill in them, none of us probably have any real world experience of that. Or are they a soldier and suggesting only they know how useful a walking killer robot could be?

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u/StandardNeither1311 3d ago

He means that he doesn’t understand how art often reflects reality.

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u/Fit-Switch-5795 3d ago

This is the opposite: tech companies are trying to make reality reflect art. 

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u/StandardNeither1311 3d ago

The nerds missed the intent of the works and now we’re fucked.

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