<story><title>PhD Student gets quadrotor helicopter moving aggressively</title><url>http://www.geek.com/articles/gadgets/phd-student-gets-quadrotor-helicopter-moving-aggressively-20100528/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>run4yourlives</author><text>Holy. Crap.&lt;p&gt;Imagine what could become of this research in 5-10 years of sustained development?&lt;p&gt;God help the poor sucker that needs to deal with one of those things when coupled with less than benevolent intentions. Imagine five of these, armed and working together?&lt;p&gt;Good bye urban combat, hello robotic assassins.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>whimsy</author><text>Yeah, my thoughts exactly. When I saw it, I instantly thought of Man Hacks from Half Life 2 - flying drones with buzz-saws attached. They were far less maneuverable than these quadcopters. Buzz-saws are for chumps, though - I&apos;m sure these things could carry more than sufficient C4 to ensure that any human-sized target was eliminated completely in the sort of way that their relatives hope their dental records are up to date.&lt;p&gt;Terrifying.</text></comment>
<story><title>PhD Student gets quadrotor helicopter moving aggressively</title><url>http://www.geek.com/articles/gadgets/phd-student-gets-quadrotor-helicopter-moving-aggressively-20100528/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>run4yourlives</author><text>Holy. Crap.&lt;p&gt;Imagine what could become of this research in 5-10 years of sustained development?&lt;p&gt;God help the poor sucker that needs to deal with one of those things when coupled with less than benevolent intentions. Imagine five of these, armed and working together?&lt;p&gt;Good bye urban combat, hello robotic assassins.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ErrantX</author><text>It reminds me heavily of some of the bots in The Terminator movies.</text></comment>