US military increasingly relying on robots in war

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No longer a war ON the machine. It's a war OF the machines.
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US military increasingly relying on robots in war

DROID WAR: Explosive-sniffing machines will soon be joining the 5,000 robots currently helping US forces overseas defuse bombs and search for insurgents

AP, DAYTON, OHIO
Saturday, Mar 31, 2007, Page 7

The US military -- increasing its reliance on robots in war -- will soon be using explosive-sniffing robots to better detect roadside bombs which account for more than 70 percent of the US casualties in Iraq.
Fido is the first robot with an explosives sensor integrated into its body. iRobot Corp is filling the military's first order of 100 in Dayton, Ohio, and will begin shipping the robots over the next few months.

There are nearly 5,000 robots in Iraq and Afghanistan, up from about 150 in 2004. Soldiers use them to search caves and buildings for insurgents, detect mines and ferret out roadside and car bombs...>

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2007/03/31/2003354692

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1. They're like us or we're becoming machines?