2nd annual T.L.A.R.D. - 10/10/08 - 10:10:10am - 10:10:10pm
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2nd annual T.L.A.R.D. - 10/10/08 - 10:10:10am - 10:10:10pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa7mDkmWvyw
Flying robots are now able to do many tasks which formerly required assistance from a human pilot. They can land, take off, copy aerobatic manoeuvres and dock a manned jet to another one for air-to-air refuelling - hands off. Now there are plans to take the latter capability to the next level. Unlike previous pilotware …
... to completely automating most "dumb operator" actions in the military, even the ones that require "skill". Computers and robots can do it faster and better - as long as all necessary sensor data can be quickly captured, decisions can be coded in a lookup table or desribed by an algorithm, and there is a basic stimulus-response relationship.
Hmmm. So, I wonder how long it will be before Navy Warfare Officers are relaced by computers, then ....
Did anyone else notice that the "tanker" in the concept video looked identical to the docking vehicle apart from the fact it had no obvious means of propulsion. Possibly because that craft has a rear prop, and they didn't want to draw attention to the fact that they were planning on trying to stick a fuel nozzle into a basket mere inches from a whirling prop.
Sounds like fun :)
Robots coupling in mid-air? Is this the new Transformers film? Will there be a Playmobile diorama of them shagging over a New York skyline while Maximus Prime rages and destroys all before him 'cos some one has nicked his bird?
Waiting for a suitable Twat-O-Tron '"I'm burning all my son's Transformer toys to stop him re-enacting the scene." comment. (yeah, but at least it's not this cross-species sex like in Barbarella)