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Invasion of the unmanned robot warriors

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QinetiQ's Sentry unmanned surveillance craft

Sally Adee over at our neighbor blog Tech Talk discusses the recent wave of war drones:

This Week’s Theme: Unmanned

UAVs are branching out. We now have:

The Robo-Copter (via Danger Room)

The flying robo-ethernet hub

Various Robo-Peppered Moths
“Swarms of mini unmanned aircraft infiltrate ventilation systems, perch somewhere or morph into the scenery and await the opportunity to personally deliver their one-pound explosive.”

and a Robo-jet-ski!
(An unmanned maritime reconnaissance vehicle, from QinetiQ, a "UK defense contractor with poor spelling.”)

But, you may ask yourself, how will I carry all my drones around?
Why, in the UXV Combatant Warship Made for Drone Battles, of course.

And let's not forget the Reaper aerial drone.

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