Metal Storm seems to have survived the ... uuuggghhh ... storm. This video shot by the US Navy (who funds Metal Storm research) shows a Metal Storm FireStorm 40mm grenade launcher mounted on a iRobot 710 Warrior unmanned ground vehicle.
The four barreled FireStorm holds 24 40mm grenades.
[ Many thanks to Daniel Watters for emailing me the vid. ]
So, since Iron Man, everyone has to use Back in Black?
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0Metal Storm just doesn’t seem like a practical system, maybe for vehicular mounted smoke launchers and the MAUL maybe
WB Steve
0 0I may have to turn in my man card, but my iRobot Scooba rocks!! 
0 0Maigo
I’m always left thinking the same. It’s like they’re scratching for reasons for it to exist (and keep their Navy funded jobs). 24 shots isn’t very impressive when the smallest Mk19 box is 34 – and this looks like some very low velocity ammo.
0 0Dear KP, have a gander at the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8hlj4EbdsE
If that doesn’t look fearsome, I don’t know what does. Especially the period 0:25 to 0:45. Imagine that as a sentry with infra-red equipment attached to it. There would be no warning siren, and Achmed the Taliban warrior that decided it was a good idea to attack a US Army base would get 36 rounds to the face without warning. Pwned.
0 0yeah but this rombot wont last long after being hit by a RPG-7!!
0 0U.S. Robotics (modems) named their company after Aasimov’s fictional company, U.S. Robotics and Mechanical Men.
In any case, it’s got some potential, but still needs a lot of development. It still looks flimsy and top heavy.
0 0I think Clodboy is making a very astute reference as Asimov’s rules of robotics are cheifly concerned with not harming humans in anyway.
It’s a bit like having a seal club called ‘Greenpeace’.
0 0Steve, I think he’s referring to the original story – one of the laws of Robotics was that A Robot will not cause harm to a human being.
0 0I need to put one of these on my iRobot Roomba while its vacuuming the house. It can combat patrol as well
0 0Wait, they actually called this thing the “iRobot”? Damn, Aasimov must be spinning in his grave like an M134 minigun.
0 0Clodboy, its the name of a company. They make consumer and military ‘bots.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irobot
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Dear KP, have a gander at the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8hlj4EbdsE
If that doesn’t look fearsome, I don’t know what does. Especially the period 0:25 to 0:45. Imagine that as a sentry with infra-red equipment attached to it. There would be no warning siren, and Achmed the Taliban warrior that decided it was a good idea to attack a US Army base would get 36 rounds to the face without warning. Pwned.
Maigo
I’m always left thinking the same. It’s like they’re scratching for reasons for it to exist (and keep their Navy funded jobs). 24 shots isn’t very impressive when the smallest Mk19 box is 34 – and this looks like some very low velocity ammo.
I may have to turn in my man card, but my iRobot Scooba rocks!!
So, since Iron Man, everyone has to use Back in Black?
Metal Storm just doesn’t seem like a practical system, maybe for vehicular mounted smoke launchers and the MAUL maybe
WB Steve
yeah but this rombot wont last long after being hit by a RPG-7!!
U.S. Robotics (modems) named their company after Aasimov’s fictional company, U.S. Robotics and Mechanical Men.
In any case, it’s got some potential, but still needs a lot of development. It still looks flimsy and top heavy.
I need to put one of these on my iRobot Roomba while its vacuuming the house. It can combat patrol as well
Steve, I think he’s referring to the original story – one of the laws of Robotics was that A Robot will not cause harm to a human being.
I think Clodboy is making a very astute reference as Asimov’s rules of robotics are cheifly concerned with not harming humans in anyway.
It’s a bit like having a seal club called ‘Greenpeace’.
Wait, they actually called this thing the “iRobot”? Damn, Aasimov must be spinning in his grave like an M134 minigun.
Clodboy, its the name of a company. They make consumer and military ‘bots.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irobot