Wednesday, 3. December 2003

Topic: GINGER - on December 3, 2003 at 10:49:48 PM CET

Will Segways become battlefield bots?

It's called the Segway Human Transporter, but the Pentagon is drafting the two-wheeled scooter as part of a plan to develop battlefield robots that think on their own and communicate with troops.

The program is still in the research phase, so the self-balancing scooters aren't expected to report to boot camp anytime soon.

¬> cnn

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