Author Topic: robots with [real] guns (Read 12387 times)

Admin · « **on:** April 24, 2008, 09:46:38 PM »

Its all fun until someone loses an eye . . .

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Ok this last one isn't real, but its pretty cool anyway . . .
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maverick monk · « **Reply #1 on:** April 25, 2008, 08:32:38 PM »

likin the sword, and the last one

Trumpkin · « **Reply #2 on:** April 26, 2008, 04:51:12 PM »

OMG they look like toys until you see them next to a person.

eduard2000 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 27, 2008, 01:29:08 PM »

the 3'rd video is the best of them all

ddemarco5 · « **Reply #4 on:** April 29, 2008, 06:17:48 PM »

The news never get the details right.... look at that "rocket launcher" on the one.

Private Reid · « **Reply #5 on:** May 01, 2008, 03:26:13 AM »

I havn't actually watched any off the vidios

(my internet is so slow. when i open SOR in the time that it loads i can make my self a cup of tea, and have make some good ald australian vegemite on toast)

anyway

there seems to be a lot of topics about guns, shooting, paintball....

Is it just me

or is there a theme or something...

Trumpkin · « **Reply #6 on:** May 01, 2008, 07:47:14 AM »

Ummm...... guns are cool, robots are awesome. guns+robots are extremely awesome.

Private Reid · « **Reply #7 on:** May 02, 2008, 03:16:14 AM »

guns kill people...

people die...

...

Tsukubadaisei · « **Reply #8 on:** May 02, 2008, 04:01:03 AM »

I wonder, why do those robot cos so much to develop? $3M is a lot for a remote control machine. I am pretty sure any decent engineer could build one of those with similar capabilities but 100x cheaper($30k) or less. Actually there is even a topic in this forum wih a video that shows an autonomous very efficient paint ball gun robot built by a hobbist.

Trumpkin · « **Reply #9 on:** May 02, 2008, 08:47:05 AM »

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guns kill people...

people die...

...

stupid people handle guns stupidly

people die...

...

SMART people handle guns

it saves lives...

it's a fun sport...

...

Let's get back on topic shall we?

JonHylands · « **Reply #10 on:** May 02, 2008, 09:13:24 AM »

Quote from: Tsukubadaisei on May 02, 2008, 04:01:03 AM

I wonder, why do those robot cos so much to develop? $3M is a lot for a remote control machine. I am pretty sure any decent engineer could build one of those with similar capabilities but 100x cheaper($30k) or less. Actually there is even a topic in this forum wih a video that shows an autonomous very efficient paint ball gun robot built by a hobbist.

The issue is, you can't take a cheap robot like that and throw it through a window, or have it fall down a set of stairs, and expect it to continue running. The robots we build in the "garage" are nowhere near robust enough for use in the real world, by people who treat them as just another machine. Also, any robot with a weapon has to be even more robust, because you can't have the weapon firing by accident under any circumstances, including getting damaged by other weapons, getting pushed into a ditch full of water, and any other number of bad things that would utterly destroy a "hobby-level" robot, and produce completely unknown results.

- Jon

Trumpkin · « **Reply #11 on:** May 02, 2008, 11:06:23 AM »

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The issue is, you can't take a cheap robot like that and throw it through a window, or have it fall down a set of stairs, and expect it to continue running. The robots we build in the "garage" are nowhere near robust enough for use in the real world, by people who treat them as just another machine. Also, any robot with a weapon has to be even more robust, because you can't have the weapon firing by accident under any circumstances, including getting damaged by other weapons, getting pushed into a ditch full of water, and any other number of bad things that would utterly destroy a "hobby-level" robot, and produce completely unknown results.

- Jon

exactly

Private Reid · « **Reply #12 on:** May 02, 2008, 08:11:08 PM »

Quote from: Trumpkin on May 02, 2008, 08:47:05 AM

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guns kill people...

people die...

...

stupid people handle guns stupidly

people die...

...

SMART people handle guns

it saves lives...

it's a fun sport...

...

Let's get back on topic shall we?

Insane...

fun sport? KILLING PEOPLE...

Saves lives? IN THE WAY THAT IF A GUN IS POINTED AT YOU, YOU FREEZE
AND THERE FOR THEY DON'T SHOOT YOU!!!!!!!!

Trumpkin · « **Reply #13 on:** May 03, 2008, 04:30:25 PM »

I really don't care any more, can we just get back on topic?

Admin · « **Reply #14 on:** May 03, 2008, 06:25:47 PM »

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I wonder, why do those robot cos so much to develop? $3M is a lot for a remote control machine. I am pretty sure any decent engineer could build one of those with similar capabilities but 100x cheaper($30k) or less. Actually there is even a topic in this forum wih a video that shows an autonomous very efficient paint ball gun robot built by a hobbist.

In addition to what JonHylands said, a single engineer costs about $100k/year. That includes not just wages, but office space, equipment/software, administration costs, etc. A project typically has multiple engineers, for multiple years. For weapons, you need to rent special testing areas that could cost $1k/day or more. Then there are mil-spec certification and safety fees. Costs add up . . .

alovon · « **Reply #15 on:** June 01, 2008, 05:36:37 PM »

Oh the posibilities are endless. (there goes law enforcement)

Tbenefi33 · « **Reply #16 on:** June 03, 2008, 11:55:38 AM »

hello guys sorry been away I'm learning a 3d software.

My favorite would have to be the one on the bottom I relay like to make that one.
if its possible.

Bajanick · « **Reply #17 on:** June 10, 2008, 10:05:03 PM »

Even though the last one was computer graphics, it still looked cool. Maybe in another thirty or forty years it could become reality.....

vidam · « **Reply #18 on:** June 11, 2008, 03:09:13 PM »

It would be so cool if the robots had paintball guns and then they use each other for target practice while dodging behind things to avoid the paintballs. Robots know when it hit the other robot when the other robot is covered in paintball paint. I love this idea. Robots playing paintball.

maverick monk · « **Reply #19 on:** June 11, 2008, 05:21:34 PM »

Quote from: Private Reid

guns kill people...

people die...

...

im gunna try to explain this, sorry in advance for going more off topic.
guns dont kill people, they are mearly a tool. If guns wernt here, murder rates wouldent realy drop, they would mearly change, with stabbings being the top method of killing.
Guns however level the playing field so to speak, criminals will always get guns, shootings in london are very common, yet guns cannot be bought/sold/purchased/made/used/owned anywere in england, but that doesnt matter to the criminal because he is, a criminal. He plans on breaking the law, so breaking another isnt a problem. criminals will always get guns, you cant own guns in new york, but it has one of the highest shooting rates in america. Making guns available only helps those who are trying to do the right thing, a woman with a gun can save herself from being raped. a father with a gun can save his wife and kids from a burgler. Unfortionetly the burgler or rapist will usualy die in the process, but they chose that path, they chose the violent life style. The children and wife in the house didnt chose to be put in danger, and the woman certainly didnt ask to be raped.

In closing, murdurers will always be murderers, they will kill with or without a gun, and will try their best to get a gun wether or not their legaly available. But the murders are not the guns fault, they are the fault of the person who missused the tool(gun) on an innocent person, instead of for hunting, self defence, ect. they would still prey on the innocent if they didnt have guns, theyd just have to use other tools.

sorry for going off topic.

ON TOPIC: robots with guns are awsome, and will surely make the battlefield safer for our boys over in the sandbox right now

Trumpkin · « **Reply #20 on:** June 12, 2008, 12:06:01 PM »

well said maverick monk.

Private Reid · « **Reply #21 on:** June 13, 2008, 01:54:24 AM »

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Author Topic: robots with [real] guns (Read 12387 times)