Sniper training with robots

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coylh
April 9, 2010, 09:55 PM
http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/segway-rmp-bots-used-for-sniper-target-practice-other-nefarious/

The Australian Defense Force and Marathon Robotics took a number of two-wheeled RMP 200 Segway robots, placed hoodie-clad foam dummies on top, armored the bottoms, and then programmed them to wander randomly around a small village.
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FirearmsEnthusiast
April 9, 2010, 10:16 PM
Hahhahah the video looks funny lol, post shot scatter that's a good one :)
pikid89
April 9, 2010, 11:23 PM
how cool would that be for IDPA lol
Zundfolge
April 9, 2010, 11:34 PM
Oh that's all kinds of awesome!
Tommygunn
April 9, 2010, 11:49 PM
I hope the robots don't go "Skynet" and learn to shoot back!!!:evil::what::rolleyes:
FirearmsEnthusiast
April 10, 2010, 12:13 AM
how cool would that be for IDPA lol

+1000
Broken11b
April 11, 2010, 12:19 AM
Makes my r/c car with a balloon look silly now.
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