South Korea deploys robots along border

[thomasglee]

South Korea deploys robot capable of killing intruders along border with North

South Korea has deployed sentry robots capable of detecting and killing intruders along the heavily-fortified border with North Korea, officials said on Tuesday.

Two robots with surveillance, tracking, firing and voice recognition systems were integrated into a single unit, a defence ministry spokesman said.

The 400 million won (£220,000) unit was installed last month at a guard post in the central section of the Demilitarised Zone which bisects the peninsula, Yonhap news agency said.

It quoted an unidentified military official as saying the ministry would deploy sentry robots along the world's last Cold War frontier if the test was successful.
The robot uses heat and motion detectors to sense possible threats, and alerts command centres, Yonhap said.

If the command centre operator cannot identify possible intruders through the robot's audio or video communications system, the operator can order it to fire its gun or 40mm automatic grenade launcher.

South Korea is also developing highly sophisticated combat robots armed with weapons and sensors that could complement human soldiers on battlefields.

It has a largely conscripted military of 655,000 against Pyongyang's 1.2 million-strong force, but a falling birth rate means Seoul will struggle in the future to maintain troop numbers.

[John]

Dear Thomas,

> South Korea deploys robot capable of killing intruders along border with North

> South Korea has deployed sentry robots capable of detecting and
> killing intruders along the heavily-fortified border with North
> Korea, officials said on Tuesday.
>
> Two robots with surveillance, tracking, firing and voice
> recognition systems were integrated into a single unit, a defence
> ministry spokesman said.

In 2007, I wrote about an earlier version of this robot.

** South Korea to deploy deadly robots on border with North Korea
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/cgi ... 03#e070203

Check out the video that I posted, which I called the scariest
video I've ever seen.

Also, I think I read somewhere that the Israelis are using some kind
of robot guarding the border with Gaza.

John

[thomasglee]

Dear Thomas,

> South Korea deploys robot capable of killing intruders along border with North

> South Korea has deployed sentry robots capable of detecting and
> killing intruders along the heavily-fortified border with North
> Korea, officials said on Tuesday.
>
> Two robots with surveillance, tracking, firing and voice
> recognition systems were integrated into a single unit, a defence
> ministry spokesman said.

In 2007, I wrote about an earlier version of this robot.

** South Korea to deploy deadly robots on border with North Korea
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/cgi ... 03#e070203

Check out the video that I posted, which I called the scariest
video I've ever seen.

Also, I think I read somewhere that the Israelis are using some kind
of robot guarding the border with Gaza.

John

Yes, I remember reading about it, I just posted this because now they have actually deployed it. If I recall (I haven't gone and read the article again yet), that article talks about its development by Samsung-Techwin.