Submission + - Why Robot Trucks Could Be Headed To Afghanistan (And Everywhere Else) (popsci.com) 1
malachiorion writes: I'm surprised I haven't seen more coverage of Lockheed Martin's autonomous truck convoy demonstration—they sent a group of robotified vehicles through urban and rural environments at Fort Hood, without teleoperation or human intervention. It's an interesting milestone, and sort of a tragic one, since troops could have used robotic vehicles in Iraq and Afghanistan. What's fascinating, though, is that Lockheed is hoping to get into Afghanistan just before the U.S. withdraws, to help ferry gear. Plus, they have their sights set on what would be the defense contractor's first real commercial product—kits that turn tractor trailers into autonomous vehicles. Here's my post for Popular Science.
If only robots could help Dice withdraw beta (Score:1)
It's like someone in the C-suite at Dice is playing with their first real commercial product and is afraid to stop throwing good cash after bad into this beta project.