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On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 11:24 PM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "The latest request from the Pentagon jars the senses. At least, it > did mine. They are looking for contractors to 'develop a > software/hardware suite that would enable a multi-robot team, together > with a human operator, to search for and detect a non-cooperative > human subject. The main research task will involve determining the > movements of the robot team through the environment to maximize the > opportunity to find the subject ... Typical robots for this type of > activity are expected to weigh less than 100 Kg and the team would > have three to five robots.'" To be fair, they plan to use the > Multi-Robot Pursuit System for less nefarious-sounding purposes as > well. They note that the robots would "have potential > commercialization within search and rescue, fire fighting, > reconnaissance, and automated biological, chemical and radiation > sensing with mobile platforms." > > http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/24/2245238 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:276532 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
