To help further improve future shipboard firefighting capability, scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory have formed an interdisciplinary team to develop a humanoid robot that could fight fires on the next generation of combatants. A humanoid-type robot was chosen because it was deemed best suited to operate within the confines of an environment that was designed for human mobility and offered opportunity for other potential war fighting applications within the Navy and Marine Corps.
This reminds me of Skynet, the fictional company who created the self-aware artificial intelligence robots from the Terminator franchise. Could this also be the start of The Matrix? Leave us a comment and tell us what you think!
