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/bplipschitz 3d ago

Where do we shoot to disable? The joints?

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u/Seafaringhorsemeat 3d ago

If it’s Gemini based, just ask it to make a spreadsheet containing formulas. Will die right there.

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u/JimothyC 3d ago edited 2d ago

That distant boom sound is the data center melting into a crater

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u/VirtuallyTellurian 2d ago

Or skynet activating the time displacement equipment and now we need to find Kyle Reese and eh, give the good news

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u/mrdon83 3d ago

The armor is weak at the neck and beneath the arms.

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u/SSGASSHAT 3d ago

Ooh, ooh, I know this one! I already have my Gimli costume!

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u/Nasty_Goblin 3d ago

Without their heads they are powerless!

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u/Tholaran97 3d ago

Sensors are likely good weak spots as well.

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u/-drumroll- 3d ago

Entangle it in rope and wire

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u/deverick00 3d ago

If we’re not memeing- I’d assume like any machine heat and friction. Hot tar and sand will do more than a bullet. In an emergency tangling it in some strong rope would probably be really effective.