First Armed Robots on Patrol in Iraq

Well, it had to happen sooner or later. I mean look at what the current crop of weapon / robotic designers were weaned on.

Uh...Robocop...Battletech...Transformers...various forms of anime...you get the picture.

It's a first step, but how long until you can visit irobot.com, and purchase your very own "Shoota", a personal protection robot, with an effective kill radius of 50 yards?

Read the article, and tell me what you think.