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Uh Oh, They Strapped a Sniper Rifle to a Robot Dog

posted by martyb on Thursday October 14 2021, @01:44AM   Printer-friendly
from the Sit!-Stay!-Aim!-Shoot!-Good(?)-doggie! dept.

upstart writes:

Uh Oh, They Strapped a Sniper Rifle to a Robot Dog:

For years, we've been warning that it was only a matter of time — and now, the inevitable has happened.

Somebody strapped an honest-to-god sniper rifle to the back of a quadrupedal robot dog.

An image shared on Twitter by military robot maker Ghost Robotics shows the terrifying contraption in all its dystopian glory.

Latest lethality 6.5 #creedmoor sniper payload from @SWORDINT. Check out the latest partner payloads @AUSAorg Wash DC. Keeping US and allied #sof #warfighter equipped with the latest innovations. @USSOCOM #defense #defence #NationalSecurity #drone #robotics pic.twitter.com/Dvk6OvL3Bu

— Ghost Robotics (@Ghost_Robotics) October 11, 2021

[...] There's a lot we don't know about the machine, but according to an Instagram post by Sword International, a gun manufacturer, the machine is called the SPUR or Special Purpose Unmanned Rifle.

More at the Sword's website [Ed Comment: Link is sometimes giving 404 since this story was released--JR].

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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Friday October 15 2021, @11:49AM (1 child)

    by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Friday October 15 2021, @11:49AM (#1187250) Homepage
    With no body-parts anywhere near this thing, a rear-jet recoil reduction technique could be used, such as: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/3/396
    Or if you want something with even greater effect, try something like an inertial mass damper, but of course that would reduce the mobility of the bot due to the extra weight. Real world big guns have already solved this problem, there's no reason such technology can't be shrunk, it's just that previously there was little need for it to be shrunk. Of course, the bot itself is an intertial mass, and its legs can act as dampers, there's no reason for the bot itself to not have a "prepare to fire" stance and post-firing recovery programmed into it. If we're making these things smart, why stop at just stair climing and door opening?
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  • (Score: 2, Disagree) by HiThere on Friday October 15 2021, @01:59PM

    by HiThere (866) Subscriber Badge on Friday October 15 2021, @01:59PM (#1187268) Journal

    But what you're postulating is a highly modified "robot dog", to the extent that it's actually a mini-tank. (And I don't believe the intelligence controlling it resides if the vehicle...this has both significant effects, but among other things to me it means that calling it a robot is incorrect. But we do need a better name than "telefactor".

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