redditrunbyfascists

nope.

the electronics required to run that thing can't possibly cost more than about $300.

They will sell them for 5-6 figures indefinitely.

Sciency

Yeah, but with 5-6 figure of profit to be made on each unit, you'll have a dozen private companies selling them at half the current market price, until they cost little more than a high quality RC.

redditrunbyfascists

except that the regulations you have to jump through to be able to sell require political handjobs.

most people aren't connected enough, or slimey enough to do that.

Thus limiting it to 2 or 3 'best in class' companies.

MK888

Get your signal jammers ready. Every one of these things functions on a radio frequency, and they can all be interfered with.

Llibby

RIP in peace C4-PO. #RobotLivesMatter

What_was_that_2

I see we are going to the Judge Dred system of government.

redditrunbyfascists

if we keep having race baiting events, yep. and the judges are going to be the people.

senpaithatignoresyou

we also have the massive fat people from the dredd universe too.

That moment when a fringe cult sci fi comic starts turning out to be more accurate then what the futurists predicted.

84626433832795028841

It's not a robot, it's a glorified RC car.

Morpheus

You think there won't be bracket creep?

It's about setting precedent.

canbot

It is the first terminator. Whether you respect it or not is irrelevant. One person can use it to reach out from anywhere in the world with the right setup and kill someone from the safety of their home.

Aerial Drones have been doing this for a while, and the technology isn't impressive, but this is the first time a drone went into a building and killed a citizen. The genie is out of the bottle. And the fact that the technology isn't impressive is the scariest part.

Drones will search your car at checkpoints and increasingly everything that threatens the corrupt regime will be illegal. Hillary is a saint compared to the dictators that will come when everyone is under the robot boot.

84626433832795028841

It is the first terminator.

Not it's a fucking RC car with a grenade attached. Terminator implies a machine deciding who to kill, we are not even close to that.

VoutGuy

It is ungentlemanly 0 on 1 combat. whether the brain is in the machine or remote doersn't matter all that much.

canbot

Are the drones used on Iraq toy airplanes? This thing killed someone. On purpose. Someone pushed the buttons, but there is no reason that can't be done by software.

cumshartingfaggot

it's a glorified RC car.

thats gonna cost the taxpayer upwards to a hundred-thousand $ each

GIF-lLL-S0NG

fortunately for the police, glorious funding is made available from the DHS for all sorts of military grade hardware.

cumshartingfaggot

from the article:

Just like you have a laptop in every squad car and cameras in every squad car, you would have a small robot, not an EOD robot, but a small robot in every squad car and maybe that thing has a taser device on it. - SEAN BIELAT, CEO OF ENDEAVOR ROBOTICS