I mean, yeah. I Did A Thing did a video on exactly this a year or so back. His setup was a complete shitshow as they had to change robo-dogs at the last second (because Michael Reeves and OfflineTV didn’t want to get sued by Boston Dynamics) but the principle was sound.
But also? You are never going to replace a well trained soldier with this. Even with a proper gimbal mount, you aren’t doing rapid precise shots.
But also… you don’t need to. The advantage to this is to have a relatively low cost platform to handle suppressive fire or fire an anti-tank shot or whatever. Something where you would otherwise be risking a human being.
I mean… that is another I Did A Thing video (the knife missile is Backyard/Backdoor Scientist). Well, I Did A Thing, Michael Reeves, random ass kids, etc.
Gun+Computer Vision = Autonomous Sentry Turret. Reeves and Aleks made things “harder” by trying to specifically identify faces. But it doesn’t take much to realize that shooting at anything identified as a human approaching on an active battlefield is a LOT easier. And will likely be necessary as more and more “C4 duct taped to a drone” attacks are used against airfields and the like.
Israel is already assassinating Iranian nuclear scientists with autonomous/remote-controlled gun platforms.
The last one I’ve heard of apparently was able to use facial recognition and shoot the scientist in his car sparing the other passengers.
Next to that, putting the platform on a Spot seems almost trivial. Maybe one day they’ll be able to airdrop a bot, have it walk kilometers across a forest, and place itself in a position to snipe someone marked for death by one State or another.
I mean, yeah. I Did A Thing did a video on exactly this a year or so back. His setup was a complete shitshow as they had to change robo-dogs at the last second (because Michael Reeves and OfflineTV didn’t want to get sued by Boston Dynamics) but the principle was sound.
But also? You are never going to replace a well trained soldier with this. Even with a proper gimbal mount, you aren’t doing rapid precise shots.
But also… you don’t need to. The advantage to this is to have a relatively low cost platform to handle suppressive fire or fire an anti-tank shot or whatever. Something where you would otherwise be risking a human being.
Before they made the knife missile, I expected someone to mount the robotic sniper array on a Predator.
But robot murder dogs are just another drone if they’re controlled by an operatons team.
We cross the crazy sci-fi line when they’re able to autonomously select and attack targets based on an algo.
Remember when they were surprised that drone operators also got ptsd?
I mean… that is another I Did A Thing video (the knife missile is Backyard/Backdoor Scientist). Well, I Did A Thing, Michael Reeves, random ass kids, etc.
Gun+Computer Vision = Autonomous Sentry Turret. Reeves and Aleks made things “harder” by trying to specifically identify faces. But it doesn’t take much to realize that shooting at anything identified as a human approaching on an active battlefield is a LOT easier. And will likely be necessary as more and more “C4 duct taped to a drone” attacks are used against airfields and the like.
The Drones used today already using AI/algos in order to finish their mission even if for example the connection to the pilot is lost.
Israel is already assassinating Iranian nuclear scientists with autonomous/remote-controlled gun platforms. The last one I’ve heard of apparently was able to use facial recognition and shoot the scientist in his car sparing the other passengers.
Next to that, putting the platform on a Spot seems almost trivial. Maybe one day they’ll be able to airdrop a bot, have it walk kilometers across a forest, and place itself in a position to snipe someone marked for death by one State or another.