 South Korea announced it was developing highly sophisticated combat robots that could complement the roles of human soldiers on battlefields. Equipped with six or eight wheels or legs, they would be capable of walking or running through rough terrain.
 The joint project between the ministries of defense and information and communication will attempt to build an army of six- or eight-legged (or wheeled) killbots intended to do the dirty work that we humans are now too good for. These full-sized, insect-like robots will be used to scurry around battlefields, detecting landmines and unleashing a hail of firepower on unsuspecting, technologically-backwards enemies. We won’t make anymore snarky comments, however, because we realize that one day these bots will be our masters, and may decide to peruse old Engadget posts in their free time.
The ministries of defence and information and communication approved a joint project worth 32.4 million dollars to develop the robot system by 2011. The ministries said they will also invest some 30 million dollars to develop surveillance sensor networks by 2010.
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