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An Inconvenient Truth About AI

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In the early 2010s, this wave gathered powerful new momentum with the rise of neural networks learning from massive data sets. That same year we started deploying the first of thousands of robots in Afghanistan and then Iraq to be used to help troops disable improvised explosive devices. The limited AI wasn't a problem, though.

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Heard At The Show: Snippets from SAE 2009 World Congress

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Only 22% remains to power the vehicle. Crane also mentioned that one-quarter to one-third of the cost of a battery system is the packaging, integration and electronics. Personal mobility redefined. Braking losses add another 6%. Major factors contributing to Li-ion battery aging. Storage Temperature. Driving Temperature.

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The Bionic-Hand Arms Race

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By the war’s end, with “not quite one arm between four persons, and exactly two legs between six,” these self-taught amputee-weaponsmiths decide to repurpose their skills toward a new projectile: a rocket ship. soldiers and 300 British soldiers lost limbs in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Will Human Soldiers Ever Trust Their Robot Comrades?

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In an online discussion about EOD support robots, one soldier wrote, “Those little bastards can develop a personality, and they save so many lives.” A Navy unit used a remote-controlled vehicle with a mounted video camera in 2009 to investigate suspicious areas in southern Afghanistan. Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Patrick W.

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