A couple weeks ago, Russia Today (RT) reported the unveiling of a new military robot, and boy did it look…hmm. Luckily, Russian president Vladimir Putin was on hand to witness the event and his reaction in the following video really said it better than words ever could. Let’s watch!
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The robot was given a very retro look with a Cylon head and Members Only jacket. The jacket may have been a misstep though as it only seems to accentuate the robot’s gaunt frame. A naked Terminator-style exoskeleton seems like it would have been a better choice for the job.
We then see it navigate a wide bend on flat terrain with an ATV at mind bendingly responsible speeds. The flaming vehicle far in the background was a very nice touch to heighten the tension.
We are then presented with Putin himself who reacts like someone who just heard his son had dropped out of medical school to become a RocketNews24 writer – a look I know all too well.
From that alone it looks as if this military robot has all the functionality of a Roomba, but maybe we’re off-base in that assessment. Let’s see what Japanese viewers, who tend to have a good eye for robots, had to say.
“It’s pretty good at driving.”
“It looks like it might be able to walk on two legs like a human when off the vehicle. But I can’t see it.”
“Putin could probably take that thing with his bare hands.”
“I don’t really get what its purpose is supposed to be.”
“That thing flaming in the back was demonstration number one, destroyed by an angry Putin.”
“Off to Siberia they go.”
There’s also the possibility that this video was just showing some innocuous scene so as not to tip the hand of Operation: Killbot to rival nations. Perhaps during the rest of the demonstration we might have also seen it holding an automatic pistol in each hand doing crazy Matrix flips all over the place and causing that truck or whatever in the background to have gone up in flames.
Then again, the normally cool-faced leader’s brief look of wistfulness seemed to say it all: “I wish I had a Homo, like the Americans.”
Source: Fesoku (Japanese)
Video and Images: YouTube – RT
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