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Robot Canons need a little more work

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Ryan

Normally when we hear about robots we also hear about the benefits they will bring, such as increased safety, more efficiency or greater accuracy. And I would hope to be hearing the same things when the military goes about automating their weapons.

Not the case apparently. In this debacle the weapon went out of control killing 9 and injuring another 11. And this isn't the first case either. One would have to wonder what engineering has gone into these. If I were to be playing about with these sorts of toys I would definately not want to be hearing about these sorts of events.

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