robot chicken

My friend Dan sends along the following bit of good news:

Although other countries have deployed gun-toting robots and there’s no shortage of companies trying to develop weaponized bots for Uncle Sam, it looks like the first test of actual killer robots in battle has ended in a whimper: the Army’s TALON SWORD gunbots, are headed home, after being plagued with control issues. Yeah, that’s right -- control issues. Apparently it was too hard to prevent the Army’s gun-equipped robot from moving its gun "when it was not intended to move." Reassuring, no?

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