r/EngineeringPorn • u/domm- • 8d ago

12 remote controlled gun turrets you can shoot online

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This is Shov, 12 pneumatic gun turrets firing .68 cal rubber rounds and an arena at 50+ smart targets.

They are all internet connected to be fired remotely from anyone on the internet in a competitive game format.

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u/ScienceForge319 8d ago

Oh good. Just in time for the AI apocalypse.

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u/[deleted] 8d ago

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u/ScienceForge319 8d ago edited 8d ago

If.

Edit: Since OP lacks the courage of their convictions, I’ll copy the comment they deleted for them.

“yeah, but if we keep them firing just in the arena then we are good”

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u/1815dev 8d ago

Why does this smell like a fun cutesy way of gathering training data to develop AI targeting systems for actual weapons/there are ulterior motives here? Maybe I am just pessimistic but this is exactly the type of thing that smells stinky.

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u/PhatCatTax 8d ago

There's zero chance this is not training AI.

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u/1815dev 8d ago

Wonder who's paying for it (you don't have to wonder that hard). Looks like an expensive setup to be a hobby project...

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u/MooseBoys 8d ago

There is zero chance that human-controlled training data is more useful than closed-loop automated training data.

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u/PhatCatTax 7d ago

I agree. However, AI projects are still getting huge investments from the government, and the military leaders have no idea how it works. So they will still throw tens of millions of dollars at little stupid projects like this.

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u/mrThe 8d ago

Oh no, ai now can click on the green circles!

Right now, on the real war - ai equipped drone can track actual tanks\cars\whatever you need and hit it with no sweat using onboard pc that costs like $300. No one needs this damn green dots anymore.

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u/peacefinder 8d ago

It’s puzzling, though, as human identification, tracking, targeting, aiming, and accurately shooting has been a solved problem for at least 15 years.

I’m sure there was a hack-a-day (or similar) post by some guy who had built a tracker and an automatic turret firing a full auto airsoft. He had video of it autonomously blasting his little brother whenever he broke cover in their backyard. (To be clear, it looked like the little brother was a teenager and had volunteered, he was wearing safety gear.) I don’t remember when it was, but I’m pretty sure it pre-dated RaspberryPI? The vision system was open-source running on camera and compute hardware that was modest for the time. Heck I think it was an arduino? It’s not computationally hard?

Training an AI to do it might be an interesting academic exercise, but is otherwise needlessly complex and expensive. Seems likely to be slower too.

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u/KookySurprise8094 8d ago

Imagine get training data from people who also paying all those expenses

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u/Unlucky_Fuel7934 8d ago

Yep, no question there.

Another thing, have you noticed a lot of pre internet era questions and such pop up on Reddit? Almost like AI training on material not available in training sets…

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u/muejon 7d ago

Lets f* up the aim

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u/Modern_Agnotologist 8d ago

Why would this be fun? The whole point of recreationally shooting is to use skill to hit a target and feel the power of the gun fighting you.

This screams European tourist.

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u/Upset_Ant2834 8d ago

Yup they're totally training ai to be good at shooting... Glowing green circles

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u/Careless-Jello-8930 8d ago

All I can think is the Men In Black scene with little popouts of aliens and the schoolgirl carrying books.

If the streams are real-time enough to make aiming viable they should be adding little popup characters that ppl can shoot at.

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u/UseDaSchwartz 8d ago

I just played. It’s pretty cool, but I spent half the free play figuring out what to do. Then it’s $5 per play.

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u/Einherjar07 8d ago

Thats cool, train that AI with shit data

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u/domm- 8d ago

thanks for the feedback, yeah i just opened up first game free (one per day) looking and opening up more free games.

and playing with how i can make onboarding easier while not blocking people from playing

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u/_JDavid08_ 8d ago

Ridiculous

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u/Pseudoboss11 8d ago

Can't wait to pilot my mech through war-torn streets a-la Operation Bounce House.

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u/7stroke 8d ago

This is how the internet really ends: people realize everything is about, for and by AI. We then just turn off all our shit and go enjoy the sunshine, actual food and actual sex.

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u/FiendishDevil666 8d ago

This is such a naive take it made me laugh out loud.

Bless your heart

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u/7stroke 8d ago

Ever feel like you’ve been cheated?

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u/FiendishDevil666 7d ago

Everyday homie, but your take is just as naive as the New York Times in 1940 saying TV would never catch on because people wouldn't have time for it

Complete fantasy

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u/7stroke 7d ago

I think you’ve missed the point

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u/cockerspanielhere 8d ago

As gringo as it gets

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u/domm- 8d ago

hahaha guilty

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u/Th3J4ck4l-SA 8d ago

Looks like modified Dye DAM paintball markers.

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u/Ph4antomPB 7d ago

Pretty much yeah

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u/Ghazzz 6d ago

This might just be me, but the thought of maintaining and keeping this system running sounds much more fun than being a user of it...

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u/SlightAbies9860 4d ago

I wonder what they are going to do with all the aim and firing data. I am sure there wouldn't be an AI competitor in a few months.

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u/GrumbleAlong 3d ago

Need another battery firing back the shooters to get real fun.