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> robot dogs and honestly I am not impressed Need to contextualize robot dogs like current disposable drones. When industrial production commodifies building t
by maxglute 3y ago
> robot dogs and honestly I am not impressed
Need to contextualize robot dogs like current disposable drones. When industrial production commodifies building them in 100,000s, and they can be thrown in urban battle space purely for attrition where ROR becomes positive if they turn 1 human combatant into a casualty. Get sensors, onboard processing cheap enough and they're autonomous sentries / mines / suicide bombers that strategically dot the battlefield. Park/camp in doorways on low energy mode for area denial. Nothing shows up, have them find a nice electric conduit to self destruct. Look at PRC Zhuhai defense expo last few years, tons of very chintzy dogs with off the shelf weapons strapped to them. Considering DJI sells large farmn drones for $8000 with AESA radar, cheap robodogs can probably be made for less. An advanced Excaliber shell cost 100k.