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Re:Watch a frog-like robot use tiny explosions to hop around by foreigner on Sunday October 01, 2023 @11:52AM (#37727095)
"Search and rescue" is the standard excuse anytime someone invents a nifty new robot. I would love to know how many robots are actually really used in search and rescue.
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Re:Watch a frog-like robot use tiny explosions to hop around by bondarchuk on Sunday October 01, 2023 @12:05PM (#37727284)
To be more precise, "search and rescue" is a euphemism for "warfare".
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Re:Watch a frog-like robot use tiny explosions to hop around by cooldrcool2 on Sunday October 01, 2023 @01:04PM (#37728006)
‘Search and destroy.’
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Re:Watch a frog-like robot use tiny explosions to hop around by bglazer on Sunday October 01, 2023 @03:10PM (#37729410)
“We’ll use it to find people in building rubble” really begs the question of why the building is rubble in the first place
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