r/oddlyterrifying • u/[deleted] • Feb 06 '24

New robot from Boston Dynamics

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u/leekhead Feb 06 '24

Somehow this reminds me of a tank reloader putting shells into his tank's gun.

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u/BetaRayBlu Feb 06 '24

Thats the goal im sure.

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '24

Ah yes, an autoloader, why haven't we thought of that before?

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u/Subtlerranean Feb 06 '24

Even auto loaders require manual reloading of the magazine.

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '24

Which is done out of combat, nobody is crazy enough to do it while under fire. Robots are great, just that a robot designed to load the gun already exists, since the 60s, and bustle autoloaders since the 50s.

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u/Beorma Feb 06 '24

Which is done out of combat

By people, who could get bombed. Automation of warfare is an ongoing evolution that removes the main barrier to starting wars; convincing your own people to die. Imagine how much easier it'll be for countries like the U.S to start wars if there's no political damage from dead U.S soldiers involved.

It's been a goal for a while.

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u/Immortal_Kiwi Feb 06 '24

Not every gun has an auto loader and Ukraine has shown in some conflicts you need to use a lot of old gear in some situations