I recently read an article Bomb-sniffing robots put to test in Iraq. I started reading the article and it really surprised me that there are 5,000 robots in Iraq and Afghanistan up from 150 in 2004. That is 33.33 times more robots in just 3 years. Seventy percent of all US causalities are because of roadside bombs. The robots help this situation because they sniff out roadside bombs with a seven foot long arm. The controller of the robot also has camera views and a reading display to detect the bomb. The robots can smell smoke and other chemical residues or explosive material, to sniff out bombs. What is neat about this is that we are saving humans lives by using an advanced technology. With the way they are using robots to search caves, buildings, land-minds, and roadside bombs they probably could use many more robots to save lives. The government will spend 1.7 billion on robots thru 2012. These robots save lives but could we be seeing the next revolution of fighting, all from a computer screen, killing the enemy with a click of a mouse? Just like the hunting article below. I could definitely see this happening in the future, how far away is it? I'm not really sure and I don't really want to know. This would change the way the world works and conducts its affairs. Would we send robots to go and be a fire fighter and put out a fire so no human lives are at risk? I hope they make fire fighter robots soon.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17874529/
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