This Robot Helicopter Snipes Better Than You With an Xbox 360 Controller…In Real Life

11:00AM April 17, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

When war is a videogame, it’s much easier to pull the trigger: Autonomous Rotorcraft Sniper System is a robot helicopter with a .338-calibre rifle controlled by the user with an Xbox 360 controller. [Popular Mechanics]



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  • Geoff

    April 17, 2009 at 1:24 PM

    @I think we’re property

    You’re partly right, in that high altitude bombing has been around for a while and naval bombardment even longer.

    But, video games do teach to pull the trigger and a similar to military training without the rules and punishments for mistakes or indiscriminate killing.

    See the book “On Killing: Teh Psychogical Cost of Learning to Kill” by Grossman, a lecturer at West Point

    http://www.amazon.com/Killing-Psychological-Cost-Learning-Society/dp/0316330116

  • dean j

    April 17, 2009 at 1:40 PM

    I want one!

    P.S. Link is dead – needs url of this page removing from the start :)

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