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OK, the stabilization system works. Next step: autonomous long distance targeting and smart bullets. With those, it's a beast. https://t.co/lSLqXfsGPd
@johnrobb "about the size of a big dinner plate at a range of 1,008 yards […] He has never fired a rifle before today." https://t.co/fXKVU5eLPk [2013]
@johnrobb "automated, turret-based weapon platform capable of locking onto a human target three kilometers away" [2012] https://t.co/136J7ESTiK
@johnrobb "we've democratized accuracy... entirely disrupted the shooting experience"https://t.co/GflyrhVYlA
@johnrobb I'm surprised theses aren't more widespread. Saw an automated paintball gun in 2008, and its' been perfected.https://t.co/d6QN4pXdeb
@johnrobb "The results show that a four-legged robot with a movable gun turret can be used in practical applications in the defense industry with the proposed ballistic stabilization method." [Feburary 2020] https://t.co/mtJW3goLtp https://t.co/o2GoKuR8A2
@johnrobb https://t.co/QWn0MpLCYQ
@johnrobb Paintball guns are neat.https://t.co/GsLNvlOnMX
@johnrobb I wanted to build robots to help my grandmom walk.Dual use.https://t.co/3PYuvbTBZM
This chip could be used for accounting for the rotation of the earth and allow for ultra-long-range sniper fire. Ballistic trajectory calculations. Rockets. Spaceships.Foucault pendulum on a chip / Pendulum Slam.https://t.co/TIu69QxI2ohttps://t.co/yRBiOO4Ioo
@johnrobb Those drones w/ guns are being deployed now it seems.https://t.co/Ijs2e5ZLIb
A TIKAD?"Defense One was able to confirm independently that the Israeli military is buying an unspecified number of the units. At press time, the Israeli Ministry of Defense had yet to respond to a request for comment." [2017]https://t.co/x6gH9k6kqQhttps://t.co/4Eua2NZxFL
@johnrobb How do you stop a robot puppy?With a really cheap laser? I don't know, maybe.https://t.co/0Uppoq6S1b
@johnrobb "The system’s heart is an AI-driven fire control unit equipped with electro-optical sensors, computer vision, and proprietary target acquisition software."https://t.co/kWTAFczUumhttps://t.co/0vj4AzBl4W
