Herself’s Artificial Intelligence

These are a cool concept. The LANdroids look like Palm pilots mounted on mini tanks. They are dropped into urban areas just before the soldiers arrive. They scuttle about and find the best location to deploy wireless networking for the soldiers.

So far they aren’t here but DARPA is willing to pay $100 each and is looking for someone to produce them. Contact DARPA by Aug. 16, 2007. But think of the civilian uses too.

More Information:
LANdroid Wireless Battle Net
DARPA to Raise Robot LANdroid Army ( Slashdot discussion )
Technovelgy; LANdroid WiFi Robots
DARPA pdf