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[ShadowXIX]

Originally posted by Acolyte@May 23 2006, 01:15 PM
. Did someone heard about the autonomic military robot known as the SWORD ? It can be armed with M256 MG or an six bareled 40mm grenade launcher. The thing can work 7 days in sleep mode and better power sources are in development. The manufacturing costs of 1 of the prototypes was about 260.000 dolars but the manufacturer claim that mass production will lover the price to about 160.000 $ per unit.
Looks like we will have toys to counter the aliens in the future.

Ive heard of the SWORD robotic weapons platform it can also be equiped with a 4 barrel anti tank missile system or a .50 CAL sniper rifle. Its often billed as the first military robotic weapons platform but thats not really true the Pacbot clearly came first which can be equiped with machin guns or a single 40 mm grenade launcher.

That wasnt exactly the primary role of the pacbot so SWORDs would have that title as the first purpose built robotic weapons platform.

I have to ask did you mean to put a comma in "160.000 $ per unit." Its nearly impossible for them to produce such a robot for $160 dollars I build robots and even robots a fraction of that size without half those options can cost in the thousands with ease.