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Originally Posted by KC Jones
I don't know that we'll ever be able to replace a having "boots on the ground", but tools like these are going to be able for us to avoid putting our guys in as much danger. I read something a while back about a prototype surveilance robot that rolls up into a ball the size of a grenade so a soldier can throw it into a window, then it uncoils and can manuver through a building sending back video feeds - including night vision.
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I agree that there's a lot of stuff that you need a sentient being for, but these can be used in a lot of other types of situations, including cruising through buildings to clear out Islamic terrorists - er, the enemy.
That recon thingie sounds pretty cool.