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A survey of 746 people in the military showed that 80% either 'liked' or 'loved' their military robots, with more affection being shown towards ground rather than aerial robots. [28] Surviving dangerous combat situations together increased the level of bonding between soldier and robot, and current and future advances in artificial intelligence ...
The Cybernetic Infantry Device manned robot and Tin Man robotic battle armor. "Malak" by Peter Watts; Second Variety by Philip K. Dick; The 1964 novel The Invincible by Polish writer Stanisław Lem described the ultimate evolution of military robots: swarms of minuscule, insect-like micromachines which defeat any
Tommy Atkins (often just Tommy) is slang for a common soldier in the British Army, but many soldiers preferred the terms PBI (poor bloody infantry) [14] "P.B.I." was a pseudonym of a contributor to the First World War trench magazine The Wipers Times.
A battle droid is a class of war robot used as an easily controlled alternative to human soldiers, most notably seen in the Star Wars prequel trilogy of films and the Star Wars: The Clone Wars TV series, in which 'B1' and 'B2' models are frequent antagonists. Due to their ubiquity, the terms 'B1' and 'battle droid' are used interchangeably; 'B2 ...
Alien robot army threatens Earth in Starship Invasions. (1977) Aliens' robot army invades Earth in the Italian film War of the Robots. (1978) Beba-2 in Message from Space (1978) Elle and the Giant Robot in Starcrash (1978) Sparks, Lomax and others from the 1979 Canadian film H. G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come; Ash in Alien (1979)
A concept of a powered exoskeleton designed for the Future Soldier 2030 Initiative. [1]The concept super soldier (or supersoldier) capable of operating beyond normal human abilities through receiving technological augmentation, such as pharmaceuticals, drugs or brainwashing to advanced training regimens or (in fictional depictions) genetic modification or cybernetic augmentation.
The Legged Squad Support System (LS3) was a DARPA project for a legged robot which could function autonomously as a packhorse for a squad of soldiers or marines. Like BigDog, its quadruped predecessor, the LS3 was ruggedized for military use, with the ability to operate in hot, cold, wet, and dirty environments.
Forlorn hope: a band of soldiers or other combatants chosen to take the leading part in a military operation, such as an assault on a defended position, where the risk of casualties is high. [3] Frontal assault or frontal attack: an attack toward the front of an enemy force. Garrison: a body of troops holding a particular location on a long ...