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A driverless car called Boss has scooped a $2m prize in a Californian race for robotic vehicles. Boss successfully drove around an urban environment, avoiding other cars, and covering 60 miles (85km) in less than six hours, all without any human control.

Now they have to cover it in armor and make it work in combat situations. Just using something like this as a decoy would save lives. Should we allow robots on the battlefield?

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posted at 15:18:23 on 11/06/07 - Category: Army

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ROTC fire team leader wrote:

it would be a great advantage like the predator
Posted on 11/07/07 08:20:24

Duval wrote:

Robots could be great help as mobile barriers\shield, they could also be supplies, turrets, motion sensors, disposal such as insurgent weaponry and live explosives, and civilian evacuation this could save many lives in a basic form of a car robot, this could lead into troops working more efficiently. of course secure control of the device is critical and should be the first priority.
Posted on 11/11/07 07:01:35

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