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A Laser-Aimed, Remote Controlled Chain Gun, In Case War Isn’t Already Enough Like A Videogame

The BAE Systems Mk 38 is a giant gun made for obliterating things at sea. It not only packs massive firepower, but sophisticated optics—IR vision and laser aiming. All this, controlled indoors by a guy on a joystick.


October 29, 2008

Darpa Wants Bigger, Smarter BigDog ‘Bot To Help in Combat

Boston Dynamic’s BigDog is already an impressive and freakishly animal-like beast, but Darpa it seems has bigger plans in mind and is asking for a smarter, bigger BigDog. The upgraded robot needs to carry 180kg of payload, run 32km on any terrain and survive un-refueled for a whole day to please Darpa’s request. Plus it must be way quieter so it’s more useful in real combat situations and have a smarter brain so it can steer itself autonomously as it trots after its soldier masters.