Re:Boston Dynamics will start selling its dog-like SpotMini ...
by monkeynotes on Monday May 14, 2018 @12:55PM
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Perhaps if the Hilux had been invented in WW1 it would have been a prime candidate for military application. But these days the military has Humvees and tanks and so on. A Hilux is no match for cutting edge equipment else the US Army would not have developed more capable analogs.
Re:Boston Dynamics will start selling its dog-like SpotMini ...
by pjc50 on Monday May 14, 2018 @02:52PM
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Reference to http://www.newsweek.com/why-rebel-groups-love-toyota-hilux-7...
"Conventional" military is the least interesting cutting edge now; much the actual fighting of the present day is extremely cost-sensitive re-purposed civilian equipment.
Another example: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/11/swarm-of-armed-diy-drones-at...
Re:Boston Dynamics will start selling its dog-like SpotMini ...
by lintroller on Monday May 14, 2018 @11:51AM
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The Toyota Hilulx is not autonomous...yet. There's still a human being holding the weapon.
Normally people use the humble Toyota Hilux for this; should that be restricted to the military?