<story><title>Swarming drones autonomously navigate a dense forest</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/04/swarming-drones-autonomously-navigate-a-dense-forest-and-chase-a-human/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>hibernator149</author><text>Everytime someone says: &amp;quot;Our robot&amp;#x2F;drone can be used for finding hidden people in hard to reach locations&amp;quot; the cynic in me thinks that these are just codewords for: &amp;quot;Our killbots will revolutionize the urban battlefield. DoD please fund us&amp;quot;. Can someone please prove me wrong?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tgsovlerkhgsel</author><text>Slaughterbots was meant to be a video against such technology, but I&amp;#x27;m 100% sure there are plenty of companies who are pointing at it and saying &amp;quot;This. Exactly this. This is what we want.&amp;quot;</text></comment>
<story><title>Swarming drones autonomously navigate a dense forest</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/04/swarming-drones-autonomously-navigate-a-dense-forest-and-chase-a-human/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>hibernator149</author><text>Everytime someone says: &amp;quot;Our robot&amp;#x2F;drone can be used for finding hidden people in hard to reach locations&amp;quot; the cynic in me thinks that these are just codewords for: &amp;quot;Our killbots will revolutionize the urban battlefield. DoD please fund us&amp;quot;. Can someone please prove me wrong?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>chinathrow</author><text>You&amp;#x27;re not wrong, but at least some SAR (search and rescue) efforts are already leading to better response times in bad weather and thus saved lives.&lt;p&gt;Example from REGA, a swiss SAR provider.
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