Robo-grunt There was something unnerving about how it kept asking about John Connor... via California Science and Technology News From Popular Science:
Like most Army commanders, Lt. General Rick Lynch says that he needed more troops in Iraq, and that they would have saved the lives of men lost under his command. Unlike most commanders though, Lynch isn't demanding flesh and blood soldiers, but steel and rubber robotic infantrymen.
Speaking at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International conference, Lynch said that robot systems already in place could have saved 122 of the 155 men who died during his time in Iraq.
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Update: General: Iraq’s Robot Lack Killed 122 G.I.s -- The Danger Room
My Comment: Lt. General Rick Lynchis is "way ahead" of the curve .... he has seen the future and he knows what needs to be done. But he is one man against a mindset in the Pentagon and Congress that are not open to new ideas and technologies until they have been properly vetted and proven on the battlefield.