Comment X-Doorminator 3000 (Score 1) 158
It's nice to see DARPA funding some projects with interesting possibilities.
Of course, the goal is to also make the robot able "to safely interact with humans at eye level" (Technology Review) - which I doubt interests the military much...Unless they are curious about how safe it would be around other soldiers with a giant gun strapped to its back.
Though, a gun-toting Doorman Robot would probably make people move through doorways faster. Perhaps the Robot Doorman would also have the ability to shoot terrorist suspects on sight as it scanned the Microsoft brand ID tags that will be implanted in our necks - it would know, after all, if we went to www.burqa-porn.com or http://usgov.IwantToOverthrowIt.org, downloaded a linux OS, etc - instant terrorist flags.
Of course, the goal is to also make the robot able "to safely interact with humans at eye level" (Technology Review) - which I doubt interests the military much...Unless they are curious about how safe it would be around other soldiers with a giant gun strapped to its back.
Though, a gun-toting Doorman Robot would probably make people move through doorways faster. Perhaps the Robot Doorman would also have the ability to shoot terrorist suspects on sight as it scanned the Microsoft brand ID tags that will be implanted in our necks - it would know, after all, if we went to www.burqa-porn.com or http://usgov.IwantToOverthrowIt.org, downloaded a linux OS, etc - instant terrorist flags.
