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Lots of commments on military applications, but bipedal robots are inferior to wheel vehicles, planes, and aerial drones, in terms of speed and maneuverability.

Lots of commments on military applications, but bipedal robots are inferior to wheel vehicles, planes, and aerial drones, in terms of speed and maneuverability. Everyone's so afraid of Terminators hunting them down, when in reality, mostly invisible , and mostly silent, Predator drones from a mile away that will kill you with precisely targeted missiles should be your real fear. Or commercial quad-copters carrying anti-personnel mines. The expense, complexity, power, etc to build bipedal assassins is higher than wheeled RC vehicles, quad copters, and missiles. The weapons that exist today are much more scary than these robots.

qayxc 6y ago
Not to mention the fact that you can hear them from a mile away - there's a reason all ambient noise was replaced with the music ;)
ROARosen 6y ago
A swarm of these can fan out over a house and target very specifically anyone hiding there. Without killing the human shields.
- kelnos 6y ago
  Not unless they can make them significantly quieter. What you don't hear under the music in that video is the robot making an awful lot of noise just moving around. The hostage-takers in your scenario will hear them a mile away.
  - faeyanpiraat 6y ago
    Well, then they’ll have 1 mile walking time to surrender.
- Defenestresque 6y ago
  I know many have seen this, but for those who haven't: Slaughterbots https://youtu.be/9CO6M2HsoIA https://youtu.be/9CO6M2HsoIA
  - siraben 6y ago
    Given the context of OP I was genuinely initially fooled, though the audience reaction and visual effects gave it away. Truly chilling stuff.
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wheresmycraisin 6y ago
IIRC the humanoid Terminators in the movie are infiltrator units. Skynet will definitely have more conventional aircrafts and wheeled vehicles to hunt us down.
- jiggawatts 6y ago
  The conventional aircraft were shown in several Terminator movies, and look like a large drone with two large forward fans and two small rear fans. Similarly, Terminator 2 showed large tracked vehicles.
  - DeathMetal3000 6y ago
    It’s called the HK (hunter/killer).
robodale 6y ago
I mentally added everything you said with "...for now."

qayxc 6y ago

Not to mention the fact that you can hear them from a mile away - there's a reason all ambient noise was replaced with the music ;)

ROARosen 6y ago

A swarm of these can fan out over a house and target very specifically anyone hiding there. Without killing the human shields.

kelnos 6y ago
Not unless they can make them significantly quieter. What you don't hear under the music in that video is the robot making an awful lot of noise just moving around. The hostage-takers in your scenario will hear them a mile away.
- faeyanpiraat 6y ago
  Well, then they’ll have 1 mile walking time to surrender.
Defenestresque 6y ago
I know many have seen this, but for those who haven't: Slaughterbots https://youtu.be/9CO6M2HsoIA https://youtu.be/9CO6M2HsoIA
- siraben 6y ago
  Given the context of OP I was genuinely initially fooled, though the audience reaction and visual effects gave it away. Truly chilling stuff.

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wheresmycraisin 6y ago

IIRC the humanoid Terminators in the movie are infiltrator units. Skynet will definitely have more conventional aircrafts and wheeled vehicles to hunt us down.

jiggawatts 6y ago
The conventional aircraft were shown in several Terminator movies, and look like a large drone with two large forward fans and two small rear fans. Similarly, Terminator 2 showed large tracked vehicles.
- DeathMetal3000 6y ago
  It’s called the HK (hunter/killer).

robodale 6y ago

I mentally added everything you said with "...for now."