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- SixSider, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6"It can carry more than 8,000 lbs. of payload and armor. "
Link to the "brochure" (PDF warning):
http://www.rec.ri.cmu.edu/projects/crusher/Crusher_Brochure.pdf - capn_caveman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I wish I had one of those for when someone parks their vehicle in my parking space.
- johndi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4@ Elixon, you're logic is suspect. By that same reasoning any person is responsible for all of their descendants actions no matter how many generations removed. If you save someones life you're responsible for any actions they take, and all of their descendants from the point at which you intervened. If you pay taxes you are responsible for all of your governments actions. If you buy a car your are guilty of all the deaths on the road since you helped make it possible. If you are an organ donor you would be responsible whether you agreed to be an organ donor or not because you nourished those organs.
- Schmack, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I will CRUSH your pathetic attempts to stop us. Resistance is futile.
They should be using heavy ground transport remote piloted vehicles in Iraq. They should also have multiple squads of remote piloted flying weapon platforms escorting the convoys and doing runs over hot spots with liberal rules of engagement. If you can't put more bodies on the ground, put more RPV's on the ground and in the air.
I bet recruiting for those units wouldn't be too hard either. - SixSider, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Link to video: http://www.rec.ri.cmu.edu/projects/crusher/videos/index.htm
Link to the whole site (lots of fun stuff): http://www.rec.ri.cmu.edu - williamhelmick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4naw, did you see? it's a hybrid, which means it gets 1000s uber super mileage d00d! the feds are giving the army a tax break for it, and it can probably travel in the HOV lane, too.
- d3m3, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4What will it do though? Doesn't look like too much cargo room. Mabye mount a few remote 50 cals, hellfires, and TOWs on it and send it into cities. "Scared to not be an American" could be the middle easts new slogan.
- Tufriast, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I 100% AGREE, THE RIPPED THIS STRAIGHT FROM RIDELY SCOTT'S MINDl
This model of tank though, is not new. It had been proposed in the 80's but was deemed to complex to repair because of the computer controlled hydraulics. Just too much brains to operate it. I bet it's push button now. - the_penguin_boy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I want to send that beast into Pimp My Ride and see what they do with it. The gas mileage has got to suck, tho.
- deut, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Great, that's exactly what I need to take my kids to school in the morning to keep those pesky SUVs at bay.
- vertinox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Oh... Ever try to repair or recover a stuck M1 Abrams tanks in the field whose track is busted?
- Fett101, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"The wars of the future will not be fought on the battlefield or at sea. They will be fought in space, or possibly on top of a very tall mountain. In either case, most of the actual fighting will be done by small robots. And as you go forth today remember always your duty is clear: To build and maintain those robots. Thank you."
- LeviticusMky, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Talk about wasteland SciFi.
I see Mad Max/Fallout/Auto Assault written all over this thing. Looks like it could take a beating, too. There's something about a lot of the military's new technology that seems fragile, this thing looks like it could run over a land mine and keep going with one fewer wheels.
I also really enjoy that all of the pictures that they have on their site the machine is caked in mud. I think they have the right idea. - Unicyclelarry, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Kind of sounds like Half-Life 2, doesn't it?
- BIllyBobFett, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Whenever there's an article on military technology, it seems like the comments section becomes a place for people to advance their political views rather than make intelligent comments about the actual article.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2All we need now are Spartan uniforms and we are set!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6Damn, if only this tech would hurry up and get to the point where the USA can really wage a war of attrition, pure quantity over quality. Massive armies of unmanned vehicles. Urban warfare? No problem, there is a robotic eye on every street corner, armed with 50 cals. Bad guy would have no place to run or hide. With facial recognition technology on these unmanned vehicles terrorists wouldn't even be able to blend into a civilian population as easily as before.
- Elixon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It is a matter of FREE WILL and possibilities.
Paying taxes - do you have other option? Hm... no. :-D (?)
Can you have full control above your descendants once they were born? Hm... no.
Are you forced to develop deadly weapons? Hm... no (in this case). Is it your free will? Yes. Do you know all consequences? Yes, you do. Why do you develop this machines? What is the primary aim of the machines you produce? Killing, hurting, fighting, defending whatever names you use - simply "fighting machines".
You develop machines for military use - "military" means "people defending or attacking other people"/"people hurting other people in the name of material or virtual values".
Yes, those people are responsible. (The only exception is if they had no other option - if they were forced to do so, which I dough is the true in this case.) - bloqmon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I wonder how the makers of Unreal Tournament feel about this.
- moley, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Field repair would be a nightmare on that thing. If you can't fix it with a hammer and screwdriver, what's the point! hehe
- catbeller, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Does it come in black?
- Unicyclelarry, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'll take the Mjolnir Mk. VI.
- TheWalkingDude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Reminds me of the Gladiator Robot, a U.S. unmanned fighting vehicle that can fire machine guns, nonlethal sting balls, or tear gas. It also has loud speakers to shout instructions, like "Dead or alive, you're coming with me!" (RoboCop). http://www.primidi.com/2005/08/08.html
- matthewsr2000, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1this goes way back before HL2.
the first thing that pops into my mind when i see all this talk of robotic vehicles is Gundam wing's storyline.
mobile dolls are made to take combat to the next level and to not have casualties. politicians dream. humanities nightmare.
to paraphrase Trais Cushrenada (or was it Millardo Peacecraft. . .?)[both caracters in Gundam] wars are bloody for a reason, to hopefully scare the hell out of us and make us act decent for a while. seeing the carnage in iraq i'm beginning to think that he's right. - Nick22, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1i was expecting a gigantic mech....
- rationalist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I for one welcome our...
OK, nevermind. - DiggerTheDog, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Imagine the possibilities if they developed this into a high speed version. You all remember active suspension that was banned from Formula-1 a while back? Imagine a vehicle like Carnegie's, that could identify rough terrain ahead of the vehicle, accelerate and decelerate as needed and attain speeds in the 80 to 100 mph range. Then add existing tank technology that allows precision targeting while traveling at speeds over rough terrain. Missiles, heavy guns, EMP weapons, Ultrasonic weapons and more could make this a very effective delivery system.
BTW, has anyone seen anything on the unmanned dominator airplanes? I know that is another subject but there was something on cable TV about it and I haven't been able to fine much about it anywhere.
- LeviticusMky, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Well, I'm glad to see that you would feel fine having the "powers that be" control you in very meaningful ways through remote centralized military force.
I'm also glad to hear that arguing against that point makes you gay. (?) - JoeWall, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1actually, killing all iraqi people was not the us army's objective when they went there.
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at least.. i hope so - Elixon, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1Yes I agree. The Carnegie Mellon University's employees and students are probably having fun while making this vehicle. It must be very exciting. Did they think about the excitement of the people that will die once the army starts using it on the battle field?
Sure, scientists that created the nuclear bomb where excited too... And today the states that have nuclear weapons go to war to forbid other states from having it... and people in Hiroshima were excited too...
My message to those "excited" that works on the war machines: "You are responsible for every single human that will be killed by product of your hands, because you know (or it is easy to guess) what is the purpose of machines you create. You participate on the war by propeling the war's wheels by your work and intelligence."
And don't take the propaganda's arguments that claim that "it will save lives of 'our' soldiers" (by killing 'other' soldiers effectively). - veloscaper, on 10/12/2007, -7/+3"What will it do though? "
Burn tax payer money even faster than before! - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2Spooge you are so gay. I couldn't care less what countries think of America. They are just jealous. Actually, they love our movies and our music, they are obsessed with us. I feel safe almost anywhere in America, because of our freedoms like the second amendment, thank God. Except in places like NYC that trample on the constitution. And its funny how you feel safe in police states like China, North African nations, and Serbia, hiliarious. Your values are all backwards.
- JoeWall, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2the us army doesn t understand a damn about what they need. there are no other modern armies that match its strenght. yet their soldiers run away and shoot like crazy at civilians in iraq. they don t need another "lets dominate" weapon. they need to change their mindset.
- spooq, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2Your entertainment industries produce dross that only pollutes the minds of the already-stupid, so they are quite irrelevant in any case.
Shame about New York ... when will Bush get around to putting Bloomberg on the "most baddest guys" list? If only there were robotic eyes with 50cals on every corner, this whole mess could have been avoided.
None of the countries mentioned are police states. North Korea would fit that definition, however I have never actually visited there. Most of the trouble in South Korea (and Japan for that matter) is caused by American GIs getting drunk and fighting and raping. China does have a questionable record, but as a foreigner there you would have to do something stupid to get into trouble. Morocco is a Muslim nation, but also has Christians and Jews living in harmony. Not to mention that five days after 9/11, hundreds of Muslims there attended a service for the American victims. And Serbia-Montenegro is an amazingly beautiful place, made all the better for not having idiot tourists visiting (yet). But you knew none of that, because you had already decided they were all enemies.
Its not that my values are backward, its that your view of the world is small, and kept that way on purpose by your scare-mongering media. This planet is bigger and the people living on it more fascinating than they let you know. - spooq, on 10/12/2007, -9/+3... and then your *****-up government decide YOU are a problem because your views dont match their paranoia du jour ...
I cant foresee a time when I would feel safe even visiting the USA for a holiday, and Ive been to Serbia, China and North Africa recently (and felt completely safe in all those places ... hell, I even went and peeked over the North Korean border from the South)...
To be fair though, unlike what most people around the world think of your country, I realise not all Americans are insane ... its mostly just the ones in power and you.
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