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Russia Unveils "Terminator T-1" Inspired Killer Robots
The first time Russia’s armed forces demonstrated the Platform-M combat robot was one year ago in mid-June 2014, when in the course of military drills by the Baltic Fleet near Kaliningrad, the robotic combat platforms, armed with grenade launchers and Kalashnikov rifles saw their first action, executing their military missions alongside their live colleagues.
But what is the Platform-M aside from looking like a very angry, heavily armed version of Wall-E, or a predecessor of the T-1 Series terminator? As explained by RBTH, "the Platform-M is a remote controlled robotic unit on a crawler" one which resembles the protagonist of the 2008 Pixar computer animation WALL-E as well as the original T-1 terminator.

The affinity between Platform-M and the animated character can also be seen in the robot's prototype, which appeared on the Russian internet in an animated presentation. In the video, the robotic vehicles, which resemble Platform-M (only on wheels instead of tracks), easily destroy a force of enemy militants armed with NATO weaponry.
According to some data provided by the Russian military, the Platform-M unit is supplied with "a differentiated defensive chassis and a firing platform and can carry out combative tasks during the night without unmasking instruments."
The robot is armed with the famous Kalashnikov rifle made in Izhevsk and four grenade launchers.
At the Progress Scientific Research Technological Institute of Izhevsk, where it was made, the "crawling creation" was given the following assessment: "Platform-M is a universal combat platform. It is used for gathering intelligence, for discovering and eliminating stationary and mobile targets, for firepower support, for patrolling and for guarding important sites. The unit's weapons can be guided, it can carry out supportive tasks and it can destroy targets in automatic or semiautomatic control systems; it is supplied with optical-electronic and radio reconnaissance locators."
As RBTH adds, Russian robotic technology has existed since the days of the Moon rovers. Back in 1964 the Russian Air Force acquired a system of long-range pilotless photo and radio technological reconnaissance called the DBP-1. This reconnaissance machine, launched from western parts of the country, could carry out its assignments over all of Central and Western Europe.
In 1973 the Soviet Union initiated the first state scientific and technological program devoted to the creation and implementation of industrial robots. Consequently, by 1985 the USSR had 40 percent of the world's industrial robots at its disposal, having surpassed the U.S. These units were guided by network-centric principles and artificial intelligence was embedded in the military sphere.
Still, many had believed that Russia was years behind the envelope when it comes to putting advanced robotic technology on the battlefield. Until today, when a video showcased Russia's latest military equipment in Sevastopol, ranging from the "Bastion" air defense and anti-ship complexes missile system to sniper rifles and special ops naval guns, also showed none other than the Platform-M combat robot mingling among the population of this most important Crimean city.
Now all that is needed is for some hacker to penetrate the Platform-M firewall and take control of a small army of these units and then we can finally move the Terminator series into the non-fiction section.
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You'll see something like this on american streets before Ivan ever deploys it in anger...
Yep, I can see the Curfewbot 3000 patrolling the streets to keep us all safe. Now, brand new and improved with "local militant" and "enemy combatant" detection, i.e. your skateboard is a weapon, "sir." You have five seconds to surrender. 5.. 4..
Once you're chipped, there will be nowhere to hide from these machines/drones. That is their end game, to chip everyone, total control..
Somebody somewhere may find a soft spot on those bots. Maybe theyre suckers for pussy...
We will bury you.
The age of man comes to an end.
So the the camera lenses on these units are spray paint resistant?
No one who tried to find that out have come back alive so we do not know the answer.
That's what we have $79.95 drones for.
And I'll bet you $50 that whoever designed it didn't equip it with the ability to shoot straight up...
You have 20 seconds to comply
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acdABwYJqks
Water pistol knocks drone from sky before accuracy of drone hits tank, problem solved.
The Russians could wipe out the USSA army down to to the last Ukrainian. I look forward to Porkyschenko leading the way...LOL
God says: I see no track prints in the snow on photo #1.
Nonetheless, nice hardware.
It looks incredibly accurate especiallly while its on the move! I'll bet it acquires human targets way faster than they can target in return. This should be a force magnaifier big time!!
And how would it hold up to a 50 cal at 1000 yards?
"And how would it hold up to a 50 cal at 1000 yards?"
You many targets that this machine is targeting are equipped with 50 Cal. weapons: Close to zero. Do you personally, even own a 50 Cal?
Putin is such a homosexual. I have no idea why the Russians love him. I'm just glad that Obama is ripping him a new asshole.
Hey Reggie that nickname is just a dead giveaway. King Obama's little helper.
I wonder if Breedlove noticed that too?
Nah. Prolly not.
You do 'Her' from behind so she has no wiggle room
You must be referring to "The undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveler returns.
Does it puzzle your will?
It puzzles mine.
paintball guns would be great
Here's your platform
http://www.rt.com/news/310097-drone-multirotor-semiautomatic-handgun/
5 minute flight time: not useful. Cool, for sure, but not practical unless used as one of a ground-based bot's additional weapon systems.
Ground based systems are better. It's not terribly difficult, or expensive, to build a bot in your basement that is 360-degree aware of movement (above and laterally), that can slew and acquire a target-lock in under one second, deliver an insane barrage of metal bits to that target, speed away at 55 MPH, flank, and return to finish your team off, w/o a human operator.
The brains cost under $10 now. 90% of the code is free Open Source stuff. The only expensive stuff are the heavy-duty servos, weapons, and ranging sensors.
For $20,000 you can put together an extremely nasty electronic guard dog that can, at any time, be teamed with 3-4 human operators to augment its built-in weapons systems and strategies.
I'd put a fiberglass cow body on top of mine. Cuz lol.
Does it run on wodka,
or krokodil?
Yes.
Once you're chipped, they won't need the machine to hunt you down. They will put a cyanide capsule in it and when it is time to eliminate you, the chip will release the poison into your bloodstream.
Wow, with an imagination like that, do you ever get any dates?
The two of you should get a room.
Relax; it's for the children.
Doing what issuing food stamps and Drivers licenses to every undocumented immigrant it comes across?
Toss in a little A.I. in the future and humanity's stupidity will be confirmed.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3165356/Artificial-Intell...
"Scientists have for the first time networked the brains of monkeys and rats ( a brainet of four interconnected brains is illustrated) to make a living computer that can solve problems. The arrows represent the flow of information through the Brainet from stimulation to the brain to a reward of water
In a dystopican sci-fi vision of the future, there's the possibility that the research could also lead to the creation of an evil 'collective being' such as Borg in Star Trek.
Neuroscientists at Duke University linked the brains of four rats together to solve a weather forecasting problem that the rodents couldn't complete on their own.
In a separate study, scientists enabled three monkeys to collectively control an avatar arm to reach a target.
Miguel Nicolelis, who led the work, told The Guardian: 'Essentially, we created a super-brain.'"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3156005/Rat-super-brain-b...
So, who got the water? The monkeys or the rats?
Putin needs all the help he can get. US outspends Russia on the military by at least a factor of 10
Have you not heard...its quality not quantity...
It looks like total junk to me.
Very slow in being able to track and target and an average guy with a lasso could really fuck it up. Even without a can of spray paint.
Take your jacket off and throw it over the camera lens. Wait for it to run out of gas and strip it of it's weapons. Thanks Vlad for the nice toys.
Tanks are also incredibly easy targets to shoot at...which is why tank doctrine EXPLICITLY STATES that they will be surrounded by ground troops in an urban environment.
Can't have your heavy weapons taken out by some idiot with a sniper rifle...although, if they do shoot the bot, you haven't lost any manpower at all. They can be replaced, repaired away from the battlefield, and returned at a later time.
That's what the Germans were hoping against the Sherman's in ww2. Who said quantity has a quality all it's own.
Once you add in personal kick-backs the actual expenditure figures will equate.
The purpose of US military spending is to give trillions to "defence" contractors, so they will give billions to the politicians.
We also outspend the entire world in health care and look at what it gets us.
at this rate future wars will be fought by 14 year olds in their moms basement.
"LEROY JENKINS"
Is that Cookie Head Jenkins?
Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th. In a panic, they try to pull the plug.
Hugs & Kisses!
Sarah Connor
Then Skynet launches the ICBMs at Russia and Russia retaliates.
Beam me up Scotty.
Well, at least Omnius isn't enslaving the free planets. Yet.
We need those on our Southern Border. That's the only way to solve our Immigration policy. The Cartel can't bribe or kidnap family members of robots to let them transport Slaves and Dope across the border. Simply push up a berm on the border and post signs showing a robot ventilating people attempting to illegally cross the border.
Nope, land mines are much much cheaper and require no maintence at all , hell you don't even really need to place them just announce that you did.
I would be more concerned that the Cartel might aquire a lot of these ... it would make guarding the border even harder,
. dup
Still waiting for Robocop...
Fantastic news!
My Hack-n-Ator Pro v3.2 software is almost ready for field trials ;-)
I wouldn't get too excited.
That crap is still manufactured in Russia;)
True, they probably picked up lithium-ion batteries on the cheap from China after DC's subsidies ran out ;-)
That's some weak shit when you consider a plane could drop a payload of 1000s of drones, each with a few pounds of semtex or whatever's stronger. True smart bombs, at least some soldiers will have jobs!
Doesn't matter, we still have Chuck Norris and "the big show"...
Oh there's a "Big Show" going on alright...
Donald John Trump for POTUS and Carlos Ray Norris (aka Chuck Norris) or James George Janos (aka Jesse Ventura) for V-POTUS. This would bring a positive change to the USG. In such scenario, Chuck Norris would be the first Native American (formerly known as American Indian) V-POTUS. Also, in such scenario, JFK 'solution' for DJT would not work too well as CRN or JGJ would take over the duties of POTUS in such (theoretical) circumstances.
No Political solution to be found.
A couple of those let loose in Congress would be Nice. No Prisoners.
special ops naval guns
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Correct translation actually would be: special ops underwater rifles
The Donald has probably ordered several of these to quickly end the stupid debates where the republican and democratic candidates say nothing, just tell more lies. Set the sensor to "Detect lies" and presto, a quick burst and no more opposing candidates.
I am starting to like the Donald more, and a benevolent despot may be just what America needs. I have no problem with the slams on McCain. We have elevated every f***ing veteran, even the ones who did nothing, to some unreal "hero" status. Just about every single veteran now files PTSD claims, even those never in combat. Many NEVER left the USA and they want a free ride for the rest of their lives. Sure many gave a heck of a lot, but the rest are just looking for a free lifetime public handout. Drone operators filing for PTSD? Get f***ing real! These phonies cause major delays in health care for those that really need it and are bankrupting the system. Donald will cut them off real fast as he gets a fully automated military in place. A T-1 unit will never file a phony disability claim...never.
I believe since mid-way through Vietnam, we have had an all-volunteer force, no? So, if you can’t stand the heat, get out of the f***ing kitchen…otherwise don’t bitch about how you are a mistreated “hero” when you are done fighting the oligarchs’ wars.
The robots will be sent into combat all over the world as Donald goes about spreading our exceptionalism and punishing those rogue states that refuse to accept it, and dare to push back. China and Russia will reel under the high-tech power Donald will unleash upon them. Americans love war and we love wars that are fought on other people’s soil the very best. The MIC sees $$ and pushes the president and congress toward more wars. This technology will make wars painless and easy for Americans. I say let’s vote him in and bring peace and prosperity to all.
President Donald Trump
Three scariest words ever.
OMG - watched most of the video capture of the donald over the last three days. Am reminded that this country had enough easily-mesmerized voters to put Reagan the Actor into Office. Trump could be elected; a Demagogue is here, it appears. Trump alludes to how well he's done in the past few years and says he can afford to run on his own dollar. No facts necessary, just bluster, emotion, blame-laying, and showmanship. P.T. Barnum and similar snake-oil salesmen come to mind. Of course there was no nuclear button in those days - that's the real fright factor.
Stop confusing me with the truth. How can I become a military contractor?
Dr. Falken would you like to play a game?
Short Circuit, an earlier movie, had a very similar robot with track drive, and was energized by a stroke of fortuitous lightning.
Prescient
US has the same crap.
u.s. has WAY BETTER CRAP. IN FACT. IT'S NOT CRAP.
Crap is in the eye of the beholder, dude. And in the nostril of the whifftaker.
Let that sucker loose in the hood cities of Detroit, Chicago and Baltimore...
The hood rats would complain that the machines could not see anything white but only brown. Racisssst robots!
After they've cleaned up Washington first (!!) ;-)
It is easy to mock Russian tech, having not faced anything newer than a t-72 in battle. The day an Abrams meets a t-80, t-90, or Armata in battle, the world will change. The Russians are 3 generations into tanks designed to kill the 40 year old Abrams, yet the abrams has never fought one. AFter Obama, we are just another 8 years behind the 8 ball. Meanwhile Russia is putting EMP pulse weapons and active defenses on theirs we have not even invented yet. And no, the new tanks are not just upgraded t-72s. They are almost completely different from gun to engine. They also have flying drones with machine guns mounted on them.
Armada is really something. they can launch a satellite guided missile from a barrel with range (some say) 100 km to kill artillery sites located that far. Also unbelievable missiles to bust bunkers or huge earth defense constructions delivered from any weapon system. On their territory Russian are invincible, short of nuking them to pulp. Good luck.
Latest news from Ukraine war I found at:
https://contrarianopinion.wordpress.com/short-opinionlets-of-current-eve...
Any war between major powers will be fought with missiles. Other arms are quite irrelevant.
What is the point of artillery in a nuclear wasteland? Aircraft will fight with BVR missiles, Aircraft carriers are floating coffins.
Ukraine is hardly a major power. Nor are the pro-Russian rebels.
The DC US will have a model killing school children at school and slaughtering wedding parties in 3..2..
Liberty is a demand. Tyranny is submission..
Well, I for one, don't think russia spent time and money on the bot, only to see it fail.
send twentyfive into ukraine, see if they come back for more ammo
Correct, Sir.
A deceptive move if ever there was one.
What this article showed us is for "crowd control suppression"; when the US shit hits the fan and it bespangles the entire globe.
Putin will surprise us with whatever Russia sends creeping, flying or tip toeing into Ukraine after Marschallin Noodleman leads the charge of 200 Humvies on Donbass.
Well, the Transformers/Decepticons are already in control of Ukraine (Fcuk the EU)
Therefore you need a match
The U.S. has some 800 overseas military bases. These bases are funded by recycled petrodollars.
The U.S. has trade imblance. Dollars are exported in direct proportion to the imbalance. These excess dollars are then recycled to the U.S. to buy TBills.
The TBill purchase if it is bought on the secondary market, will hold the Bill price high and interest rate low, as it appears to be "demand" for American debt. Only this demand is not healthy and a false indicator.
A Tbill if bought on the primary market is a NEW TBILL, issued by deficit spending. The deficit spend TBill then grabs those recycled dollars, and that money is then spent on the MIC. Other goverment spend on this recycled dollars could be into unemployment, hence the unemployed get to buy more chinese crap, to the keep the recycle system going.
The MIC then builds weapons to then encricle the countries that agreed to dollar as reserve.
When the dollar is spent overseas, it also causes demand on the local ecnomy, so they get some inflation, a form of hidden tax. This hidden tax also helps out the U.S. MIC.
BRIC system causes petrodollars not to be recycled to western markets, and BRIC system means that trade is done outside of dollar, hence it is not recycled back to buy a TBILL.
Those that think American superiority in military is natural need to consider that anything nourished, watered, favored, and cultivated will grow at the expense of other things.
The U.S. MIC has been nourished and watered ever since the TBILL economy came into being around 1971, when Nixon went off the Gold Standard.
Also, the rest of the world is not Stupid. Russians and Chinese do not lack in brain power and ability. Russia and China DO have their own money system, and they DO have goods of the earth at their disposal, and the DO have labor to fashion the goods into weapons.
Stop whistling past the graveyard and wake up. Smell the shit.
We as humans should engage in even trade, and stop acting like hairless apes. World Wars only began when the "international" Jew began to make his money "international."
Money is not international, it is sovereign. Sovereignty is a national right of a country's people.
sovereignmoney.eu
We were using that crap in Iraq fifteen years ago. I think it was junked as more trouble than it was worth. They do make good mine detectors though... boom!
So doing the dirty jobs Russian Commissars don't order the troops to do anymore!
Give it five years and Corporal R2D2 will organize a union ;-)
"russian commisaries" have been all jewish. CHeck their name$
A new game of skeet. Pull, bang.
After the puppet leader started spouting lines from the old " prisoner" show from the 60s, and this dick measuring contest of robots galore, bugs, mechanized dolphins and all else.
i got some prisoner lines too.
I will not make any deals with you. I've resigned. I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own. I resign.
"resign" Its latin for .....suck it (wink)
the difference between the china/russia militaries and the usa military is they build for defense and offense while the usa builds weapons for personal political power and influence. who do you think will win?
nothing an EMP wouldnt take care of.... surely the ruski's can do better than that...i'd expect that to be chugging round "Robot wars" on ITV or something.... one bag of "thermite" "aaaaaaaannddd its gone"
Ashole Carter and Porky Pig are probably gearing up for this kind weaponry when the battle of Donbass devolves into smaller equipment (100 humvies were off-loaded in Odessa today). These robots are strictly for crowd control. Domestic protests a la Maidan.
A crafty adversary will tell you he's going to use the new weapons he showed you, but when the tumble begins he doesn't use them at all. He pulls out something you've seen before.
Just keep it away from the Vodka and its all good...
lol. Let's focus on the "real world" problems.
It's gonna be ugly for the equity markets next week.
When you have volume~less markets testing all time highs, coupled with divergent technical, and fundamental thesis, give me a call.
The Fed., PBoC, BOE, ECB, BoJ, SNB, BoC, PUT is DONE!
JUst watch how the bond markets, bitch slap "HYG" and covenant next week.
This "horseshit game" of risk backed by fake cash is about to implode.
Short the corporate bond market. Short usd/jpy, and buy commodities.
Looks like its hungry for banksters.
The new F35 is such an expensive stinkbomb that it can't fire until the "software" is finished and so complex the "heads up display" will be showing 3D porn when it gets hacked. On second thoughtht I want one!
The largest country has so little population , the options are (a) Either invite Chinese & Indians to populate their country (b) Use robots
I've been thinking about robots lately and have come to the conclusion that they are in fact preferable to humans the current age. They will make better workers, better consumers, seditious tendencies can be programmed out. Think about it. If robots replaced humans all the economic models would work. All government plans could be easily implemented. Everything would be awesome.
"seditious tendencies can be programmed out"
I thought they already did that to humans?
Lunochod did have also one kalasnikov on board?
wow must be so awesome to be a soldier nowadays.. true heroes! Eighter you kill civilians with your gun, remotly bomb some structures with drones or you get killed by a robot thats at you firing 10 miles away.
Send it to Fergusson, and they will strip it.
People be walking around with tank tread bling around their necks.