Pentagon’s project ‘Avatar’: same as the movie, but with robots instead of aliens
February 20, 2012
Soldiers practically inhabiting the mechanical bodies of androids, who will take the humans’ place on the battlefield.
Or sophisticated tech that spots a powerful laser ray, then stops it from obliterating its target.
Now DARPA wants to bring ‘em into the real world, Wired Danger Room reports.
In the agency’s $2.8 billion budget for 2013, they’ve allotted $7 million for a project titled “Avatar.” The project’s goal: develop interfaces and algorithms to enable a soldier to effectively partner with a semi-autonomous bi-pedal machine and allow it to act as the soldier’s surrogate.”
In other words, an avatar.