I can’t help think that somehow The Guardian has been fooled over this story.
It’s not the fact that the US Army may one day want to use robots on the battlefield, but more, I don’t know, this:
Bear’s round face and teddy ears are designed to be reassuring. Gary Gilbert, of the US army’s Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Centre, told New Scientist magazine that it was important when dealing with casualties to try to “maintain that human touch”.
Round face? Teddy ears? Human touch?! When was the last time a human had caterpillar tracks, metal arms and teddy ears? No man I’ve ever seen.
The picture is the real give away. It’s credited as a photo, but surely this has been manipulated:
Look at it! That’s not real.
This really can’t be true, can it? Please?! The story originated in New Scientist.
I’m gobsmacked. We might as well stick Johnny Five on the front line.
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