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| Army testing unmanned Stryker convoys |
| 2006-02-23 |
| Engineers conducting show-and-tell with a 20-ton robot on the last day of two weeks of trials on Fort Gordon were cautiously optimistic. Karl Murphy, a software engineer from Robotic Research, said there was a new principle of “Murphy’s Law” at work on the test field Feb. 10. "One of my professors reminded us that we have 'sight-ons' present whenever an experiment is being viewed,” Murphy said. “The more 'sight-ons' you have, the greater is the potential for something to go wrong." Tongue in cheek, he continued explaining that sight-on fields increase with the rank and reach of individuals viewing a test. With national, regional and local media rolling cameras, the “sight-on” field was very high that Friday. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #3 For some of us, at least .... |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-02-23 11:29 |
| #2 Robot convoys, robot airplanes, death rays . . . this must be the 21st century! |
| Posted by: Mike 2006-02-23 11:08 |
| #1 I wrote about something similar for Tech Central Station, and posted a slightly expanded version of the essay on my site. A Soldier-Free Battlefield Expanded version |
| Posted by: Happy 88mm 2006-02-23 10:34 |