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ComBot: A Rose by Any Other Name
Our present-day pilotless platforms have been branded “drones” to their detriment. The word communicates a lack of adaptability or agency. For an increasingly automated fleet of machines, it denotes monotony and mindlessness: the droning of engines as a Predator lazily loops above the mountains, observing friend and foe alike. “Drone” is inappropriate for an ever-expanding [...]
- July 10, 2012
- / Category Future Tech, New Initiatives, The Lighter Side
- / Posted By Matt Hipple
- / 7 Comments.
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