Want to hire RoboLobsters or RoboSharks?
It's crystal clear that the modern-day warfare is not the way it used to be, but I hope they just don't create 'robodinosaurs' and put a brain into them. But can't help, you just can't stop them, and of course there's no looking back too.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA is constantly churning out warfare equipments and techniques to boost the U.S. military. And to make it more powerful the researchers are turning to Mother Nature for inspiration.
Jan Walker, spokeswoman for DARPA, says:
In some cases, biological systems have developed unique abilities. There's a beetle whose life cycle includes laying eggs in the bark of a burned tree. It has the ability to sense a forest fire from huge distances away so that it can get there to lay its eggs, and we want to know, how do they do that?
No, it's not science fiction; DARPA is already working on a project to understand how sharks track chemical plumes in the water, paying way for the development of remote-controlled shark spies. No one is spared in this enigmatic world of elements and hence here comes insects as bomb sniffers and the big daddy 'Robolobster', a Biomimetic Underwater Robot for sniffing out underwater mines and buried bombs. Also, there is this "Big Dog" from Boston Dynamics, which actually walks taking off your entire load anywhere you want.
Watch out, soon they'll catch you up!
Thanks: Jonathan Silverstein
Via: ABCNews
