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567PrimeMoverreply
kbin.social

At the very least, you're not losing a crew every time a vehicle like this gets destroyed. Seems logical to pursue when you need every experienced operator you can get

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TropicalDingdongreply
lemmy.world

because in those two previously mentioned environments, you can move in all 6 dimensions and it's the same thing, a fluid.

terrestrial is the interface between a fluid and a solid surface. Solid surfaces are super tricky.

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thanksforallthefishreply
literature.cafe

RC cars seem to work fairly well. Human driven vehicles work fine. People play car driving PC games (Forza etc) Hell Ukraine has already fitted tractors & Combine Harvesters with remote control tech because of mines.

Why is this so different ?

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Kurwailijareply
sopuli.xyz

Is that the huge technological advance stage? :) Im quessing there will be lots of wartime proven technology for sale when ukraine gets its borders back and UN and its allies make a new neutral sector between them and russia

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TropicalDingdongreply
lemmy.world

I want to see mobile armor mechs with duck feet for the mud season.

Not necessarily technological "advance" but technological "was that really necessary?".

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Kurwailijareply
sopuli.xyz

That would absolutely be necessary! I can already see the duckfeet doing riverdance on mines!

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quindracoreply
lemm.ee

Those were robots. This is a drone, not a robot. 0% autonomous.

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TimeNaan
lemmy.world

20 km/h max for such a light vehicle? That seems like not enough.

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Kurwailijareply
sopuli.xyz

Unmanned plus getting its signal through satellite propably so that normal radio disturbance wont work.

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TransplantedSconie
lemm.ee

Fuck yeah. A giant remote-controlled vehicle with a .50 attached to it? Lmao. Genius

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Nucelar
kbin.social

They need a big wheel with spikes and fire that can just run over a trench

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