Seeing as things are going hunky dory in terms of international relations in 2017, how about a cute lil’ confection of a story to bring spirits up even farther? DON’T STOP THINKIN’ ABOUT TOMORROW!
Russia, you might be remember these guys, have been perfecting a new piece of technology that’s both fascinating and possibly lifted from the plot of an early ’90s straight-to-video offering. The Independent reports that the “cyber cosmonaut” FEDOR (Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research) is now a sharpshooter. Russia’s deputy Prime Minister is quite pleased with the results and was happy to show off this nightmare buffet on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/Rogozin/status/852869162493935617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Flife-style%2Fgadgets-and-tech%2Fnews%2Fterminator-robot-fedor-guns-russia-shooting-dmitry-rogozin-a7684406.html
“Robot platform F.E.D.O.R. showed shooting skills with two hands,” said Rogozin. “We are not creating a Terminator, but artificial intelligence that will be of great practical significance in various fields.”
First of all, thanks for addressing the Terminator side of things. It’s a very SkyNet sort of answer, but we’ll take it. FEDOR won’t be a (classic) terminator, but his pistol toting killing machine does have a few other bonus properties that’d make him a formidable opponent. FEDOR had been able to use tools and even drive a car. In 2021, he’ll even be equipped for a scheduled space mission. Thankfully, motion pictures have shown that there is no way such a plan could go wrong.
(Via Independent)