Can we brainstorm how you would compromise one of these robots?
I don't think I've seen discussion about how you would stop one in an adverse situation.
Hogtie cowboy style? Taser? Paint splashed over sensors?
I don't think I've seen discussion about how you would stop one in an adverse situation.
Hogtie cowboy style? Taser? Paint splashed over sensors?
Doesn't seem particularly hard if they're in range.
Now if they're sniping you from a mile away, that's a bit worse.
Humans snipers regularly make kills at that distance or farther, so that's not really a new threat.
I'd be more worried about the development of supersonic AGMs that are smaller and cheaper. Right now, it doesn't make much economic sense to fire a $10K USD missile to kill random people (though the USA does it anyway), but if it only costs $1K... now you're starting to get to WMD levels of murder.
A robot, maybe with drone support, could be really accurate at launching grenades or unguided mortar rounds. Or hell, attach it to an artillery gun. Much cheaper than missiles.
I was thinking some high strength fishing line fashioned into a bolo sling would be cheap.
Or maybe just some “invisibility cloak” made out of astronaut blankets.