maars go to war

According to Wired.com the U.S. Military is getting a fleet of the MAARS (Modular Advanced Armed Robotic System) "kill-bots" from Foster-Miller Robotics. MAARS would be sent into battle with the ability to kill, which has never happened as of yet. However, aerial Predator drones equipped with missiles are another case, and have been used in combat since the first Gulf War. To clarify, MAARS aren't autonomous robots at all, they're remotely controlled via human operator severeral miles away much like the Predator.

Still pretty creepy if you ask me. Read the whole story here.