Army tests a human-robot buddy concept that’s straight out of Metal Gear
Benjamin Bullard
Aug 25, 2020
Maybe Hideo Kojima really is some kind of military techno-future prophet. In a move that could’ve been cribbed straight from Kojima's Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, the U.S. Army is exploring a human-robot buddy system that, like Snake’s setup in MGS4, will let soldiers voyeuristically spy from afar the more immediate dangers that lurk around their robot sidekick’s next corner.
In the video game, tech guru Otacon hooks Snake up with Metal Gear Mk. II, a pint-sized (and almost cute) two-wheeled droid that broadcasts video and other vital field info back to Snake’s eyepatch. Otacon introduces the friendly little fella as “a remote mobile terminal designed to provide you with operational support,†leading Snake through all kinds of late-adopter’s grunts and grousing before he begins to see how useful an extra set of eyes could be.
https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/army-robot-buddy-concept-like-metal-gear-mk-ii
