'Aye aye, sir' to be replaced with 'By your command'

TLAM Strike · 03-12-12, 06:41 PM

The NRL has designed a robot for fighting fires aboard US Navy ships.

http://www.nrl.navy.mil/media/news-r...d-firefighting

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The firefighting robot, called the Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot (SAFFiR), is being designed to move autonomously throughout the ship, interact with people, and fight fires, handling many of the dangerous firefighting tasks that are normally performed by humans.

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The robot is designed with enhanced multi-modal sensor technology for advanced navigation and a sensor suite that includes a camera, gas sensor, and stereo IR camera to enable it to see through smoke. Its upper body will be capable of manipulating fire suppressors and throwing propelled extinguishing agent technology (PEAT) grenades. It is battery powered that holds enough energy for 30 minutes of firefighting.

nikimcbee · 03-12-12, 07:33 PM

Turn off the Battlestar Galactica.

eddie · 03-12-12, 07:48 PM

How is it going to get through a hatch? That's big step to take.

Platapus · 03-13-12, 05:34 AM

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A humanoid-type robot was chosen because it was deemed best suited to operate within the confines of an environment that was deigned for human mobility and offered opportunity for other potential warfighting applications within the Navy and Marine Corps.

Other potential war-fighting applications?

Gulp!

A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.

Squads of robot soldiers? What could possibly go wrong?

Osmium Steele · 03-13-12, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

What could possibly go wrong?

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