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For someone who has been out for a hike and been startled by a rattlesnake a step away, I can imagine a terrifying world of small, ground-based area denial robo
by germinalphrase 10y ago
For someone who has been out for a hike and been startled by a rattlesnake a step away, I can imagine a terrifying world of small, ground-based area denial robots that spring to action faster than our reaction time can avoid them.
- coldcode 10y agoLike a mine with a brain.
- takingflac 10y agoAs scary as that sounds, I feel it is better than the mindless landmines laying around from past wars. In theory, when the war is done you could hit the disarm or recall button unlike conventional mines.
- rm_-rf_slash 10y agoUnless the drone mine gets hacked. It might even have a protocol to shield itself from a fuel-air bomb, which is a common form of mass-mine detonation.
- woodman 10y agoI've never heard of a fuel-air bomb used for demining... APOBS is used a lot, and no matter how clever the mine is - it can't ignore a chain of explosives going off on top of it.
- cestith 10y agoIt's not objectively the best Sci-Fi I've seen, but I have a soft spot for Crichton's film "Runaway" which has some of that in it.
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