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From here, Samsung in S. Korea is developing a robotic stationary sentry armed with a 5.5mm machine gun. Check out the promotional video.

Should I have cross-linked this with the 'Those that knock on you door' thread?

There is also development of a robotic 'mule'

If it weren't for the fact you could see the joints, I'd say this was a fake with two guys hiding in the the machine.

From here

Quote:

The latest frontier in the country’s quest for robotic supremacy? Its border with Kim Jong Il’s Hermit Kingdom. The state-run Agency for Defense Development is spending $35 million to develop three types of robots—one each for mine detection and removal, surveillance, and combat—which it hopes to begin deploying to the 155-mile-long demilitarized zone later this year. One of the robots is an eight-legged machine called gyeonma, or “dog-horse,” which combines the role of a guard dog and load-bearing mule. It is armed with infrared sensors, pattern-recognition cameras, and an automatic rifle. These cybercreatures, the government says, will patrol the mountainous borderlands.

So I'm missing a picture of the 8-legged version.

Strange stuff.