Are firearms the best defense against a humanoid robot?

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CotesDuRhone2012@reddit

Nerds win wars!

https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/how-alan-turing-cracked-the-enigma-code

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RingdownStudios@reddit

Just for clarification - we are a LONG WAY AWAY from seeing humanoid robots presenting anything close to a threat right now. But it is worth discussing.

We will sooner see the robotic "dogs" put to use. We are CURRENTLY seeing drones - both controlled and a few autonomous - for surveillence and as battlefield weapons.

While basically any firearm works against any of these threats, we need to be careful not to slip into the mindset of "guns fix problems". War is fought through logistics and intel. "Information is ammunition". The primary motive for any robotic / autonomous system is to gather information. A can of spray paint is vastly more effective at denying your enemy their intel. Spray over some camera lenses.

Now they don't have a destroyed asset, they have a "wounded" asset they need to locate and save. Plus, you have not presented yourself as a violent target, either.

There may come a time when the robots are armed and we have to physically fight back... but those who can afford robots can afford bombs, and bombs are a lot cheaper.

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CotesDuRhone2012@reddit

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NoBit8505@reddit

With a real person, if you shoot enough holes in them, they will simply bleed out until mortality occurs. With a robot, you would need to be able to hit them in the correct places. What's more is that a robot could also have 'critical areas' be heavily armoured so they cannot be easily stopped.

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Character-Spinach591@reddit

It’s largely going to depend of the robot, I’d imagine. Without having to breathe or having the same weight restrictions we have, you could be looking at pretty thick plates on the thing.

I imagine you’d be potentially better off slowing it down or incapacitating it and taking it apart once rendered immobile.

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stavromuli@reddit

Yeah of its wearing ar500 plates good luck

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strawberrycreamdrpep@reddit

It still needs to articulate to move. Unless they just send in drone-tanks, there will be a weakness, and buckshot will likely be the most broadly efficient against it.

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Dangerous-Kick8941@reddit

Joints wouldn't be that hard to jam up

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Daedalus81@reddit

Maybe a military robot. A consumer robot would absolutely not pack on weight.

People are being pretty paranoid about taking out weak-ass robots or imagining things that are entirely impractical.

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Character-Spinach591@reddit

I was taking the prepare for the worst possible option case in mind.

For sure, commercial use robots would have weight and energy consumption in mind. As with all things, the weak points are always going to be where there’s movement, so it seems like the overall best option is to slow it or immobilize and take it out that way if, for some reason, something goes awry.

I’d hate to be on the receiving end of a rogue lawn care/tree trimmer bot with a chainsaw, even if it just malfunctions, but my go to wouldn’t be to start blasting unless I happened to be carrying and there were no better options.

There’s also the consideration of even just angled plates on the things causing issues with bullet penetration and such, even if they’re just light weight things, and whether you’d hit anything that would be effective in stopping it.

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vankorgan@reddit

Without having to breathe or having the same weight restrictions we have, you could be looking at pretty thick plates on the thing.

That's actually the opposite of how modern robots are becoming more agile and untethered from energy sources. Most of the external pieces of the robots being created lately are very lightweight and 3D printed, and internal frames are being made from extremely lightweight materials like titanium alloys specifically because they can't take the strain of too much weight.

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SumOldGuy@reddit

As the tech advances, I am sure specialized bots with capacity to carry large plates of armor or designed to have small protected "vital organs" will increase.

Mobility focused bots will have a harder time being resilient to damage. Armoured bots will be less mobile but could tank a lot of damage before being completely inoperable.

Also I'm sure the purpose built bots will have self destruct capabilities to prevent disabling and dismantling. Even a completely immobilized and blind bot could still maintain violent capabilities.

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ATACB@reddit

Efp

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Rayvdub@reddit

Fish nets or similar things that tangle.

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Caught_Dolphin9763@reddit

Blankets or tarps that can block video/entangle also work. Having robots wear an ‘inflatable life vest’ type of gadget designed to quickly deploy in case a robot is hacked will likely become common. If you know how bad it is when ring speakers are hacked imagine someone getting control of a nanny bot. You’d have to teach your kids the ‘safe word’ to trigger the safety device and not to go with/listen to their caretaker if they start behaving oddly.

It’s gonna be a brave new world out there.

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Furball508@reddit

That’s actually kind of scary. I think I might pass on a house robot now.

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L3onK1ng@reddit

I kinda wanna limit a robot to this little 1-1.3 m weakling that has only enough grip strength to hold things. Then my paranoid ass just puts away knives and such to places that are unreachable to kids.

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T-airborne@reddit

A robot chucky? Jesús.

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Fragrant_Lobster_917@reddit

AI powered Michael Myers sounds gnarly

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L3onK1ng@reddit

Isn't chucky and overpowered 30 cm doll?

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T-airborne@reddit

Idk. Either is fucking terrifying.

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L3onK1ng@reddit

...and also $20000 per unit starting from next week thanks to 1X Neo

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Furball508@reddit

Wait that’s real? I thought Neo was an AI add.

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L3onK1ng@reddit

Well, they sent out enough actually working (however poorly) units to independent tech reviewers and to Wall Street Journal.

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Federal-Laugh1591@reddit

After seeing I, Robot one too many times, there’s no way I’d have a house robot. Besides, my cat would probably train it to constantly feed him.

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StunningFly3697@reddit

🤣 😂 🐱🐱🐱🐱 definately what Garfield would do thanks for the early morning chuckle 😁

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RossCollinsRDT@reddit

worse than that there's this:

https://lovedeathrobots.fandom.com/wiki/The_Other_Large_Thing

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Federal-Laugh1591@reddit

Omg 😂

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Few-Cucumber-413@reddit

You should watch "Cassandra" on Netflix lol

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TrilliumHill@reddit

Can of spray paint, leftovers from the fridge... Wonder woman's lasso, so many options. I think a gun would be pretty far down my list of effective options. If you hit the battery, your next threat might be escaping a house fire

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live_long_die_well@reddit

"A brave new world out there".

That would be an awesome title for a book some day

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gryphaeon@reddit

Yeah, right up there animal farm and 1984!

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happyreddithuman@reddit

Okay so I’m wearing the fish nets and yes they got a little tangled. What now?

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Jan_Asra@reddit

Now you rub your body against the robot until it gets tangled up too.

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nachoman_69@reddit

I'm pretty sure that's how you get a computer virus.

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Bacontoad@reddit

It puts the robot on its skin.

else

It gets the DOS again.

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year_39@reddit

Oh, you're so BASIC

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Ilove-moistholes@reddit

This is how robots wanna goon

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deep66it2@reddit

Then escape through the tear in them.

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F6Collections@reddit

Keep going in almost there

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happyreddithuman@reddit

I’m don’t think I’m doing this right because now there’s another one… https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v7gi57NJDds

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PurplePickle3@reddit

You have to put the lotion in the basket

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smellswhenwet@reddit

Where’s my AutoTrader?

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sax6romeo@reddit

Daaaang say it don’t spray it brother

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factory-worker@reddit

Proof or it didn't happen

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Zebrafish85@reddit

Guess that means you’ve successfully tested phase one of the defense plan. Now all that’s left is to lure the robots into doing the same thing.
Think you can convince them fishnets are part of their uniform?

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FaceDeer@reddit

The trick is that the AIs are censored, so if you can get yourself looking sexy enough it won't be able to see you.

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agent_flounder@reddit

I'm so hosed. :(

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akaxd123@reddit

What if they shoot laser beams from their eyes 🫩

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Herban_Myth@reddit

Magnets?

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SeVenMadRaBBits@reddit

Bolas

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freckledclimber@reddit

This, go full rebels vs the ATAT from Empire Strikes Back 😂

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Schnitzhole@reddit

Any guns that shoot fish nets you know of? I feel like that would be more useful against drones than most guns.

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Rayvdub@reddit

You could probably load a 12g with a small net and some small lead weights on the corners.

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ski2311@reddit

I have tumbled down a rabbit hole of actual net guns. This is amazing.

Also, very good against low flying drones per the YouTube I watched about Ukraine

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HuggsNotDrugs@reddit

Damn best answer here

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Fragrant_Lobster_917@reddit

I doubt a damn clanker is made of steel armor. M855 if destruction is the goal, the guy suggesting a net is genius if not.

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Dazzling_Dealer@reddit

Dude… no .. when’s the last time you bought any hardware built to last? Just let the dang things run out of batteries or short it with a car batteries or something.. worst comes to worse remind the robot they are still covered under their manufactured warranty. This will kick off a failsafe to save the company money, until it expires ..

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Primary-Ad6273@reddit

Amsteel blue bolas and snares

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Party-Day4594@reddit

Why not use a cattle prod, or taxers. Wouldn’t that just short circuit the motherboards and fry them? I would assume the robots would be made of aluminum or metal, which makes great currents for electricity. So just fry them.

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TheSensiblePrepper@reddit

Shotgun with 00 Buck to the main CPU or Battery compartment.

Did no one else watch iRobot or Chappie?

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BonyDarkness@reddit

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RedPandaActual@reddit

Work in tech, can confirm.

Most of my household tech is analog if I can help it.

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MallardDuk@reddit

Why is that? For someone who doesn’t work in tech

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RossCollinsRDT@reddit

dang toaster keeps asking if I want any toast.

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Otakeb@reddit

My smart devices are all local and use a local radio receiver plugged into my server rack running home assistant. If I can't selfhost something or it requires a subscription (for really anything not just smart devices), it doesn't go in my house. Open source, local, and decentralized is the way of the future.

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wakanda_banana@reddit

I keep my smart tv, lights, and router on a hard on/off switch toggled only by a little remote

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WorkingHopeful9451@reddit

Same.

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firenoobanalyst@reddit

As a tech worker, yeah this checks out.

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stavromuli@reddit

And of it's armor plated in ar500 steel?

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TheSensiblePrepper@reddit

Take out a leg and/or the head and go from there.

It really depends on how the robot is designed. Which remains to be seen.

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nomoneypenny@reddit

What if the head and leg are AR500 too?

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Bacontoad@reddit

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Bacontoad@reddit

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editfate@reddit

What if it becomes an M1 Abrams tank?

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Knotty-Bob@reddit

You can out maneuver it. Dig tank trenches and make dragons teeth.

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editfate@reddit

Hell yea, I like you’re thinking. Stay out of sight and stay close. Maybe if your lucky a home made pipe or sticky like in saving private Ryan was able to know the tracks off. I’m not sure the M1 could be affected much by one person but trapping it, getting it stuck is key.

Now what if it transforms into a F-22? Going to be tough taking out one of the great stealth fighters. How am I going to fight that F-22? 😂

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Knotty-Bob@reddit

You don't fight a F-22. Just stay out of any vehicles/buildings on its bomb runs. Arnie already taught us a crude way to defeat night-vision in Predator. A cleaner method would be to use space blanket barriers around your dugout shelter. What we will really need to be worried about are anti-personnel drones.

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Vernknight50@reddit

Can confirm, those things get hella stuck very easy. Just drop rocks every three feet over a field. Like 1 foot tall rocks. That will snap track. So will gravel pits at choke points like corners. Good luck getting track back on a sprocket without a crew.

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TheCivilEngineer@reddit

At some point, it’s gonna become too heavy to be practical with modern pottery tech technologies.

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TheSensiblePrepper@reddit

Do you know how heavy that would make it? You would then be talking 1,000+ lbs without weapons/ammo on it. At that point you have other methods as most firearms won't take that out.

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Bacontoad@reddit

You'll need a Dragon Drone. It's drones all the way down.

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Decent-Apple9772@reddit

Molotov cocktail? Lithium batteries don’t like excess heat and neither do powerful processors

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RedPandaActual@reddit

Terminators don’t use lithium batteries. They use miniaturized fusion cells.

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Decent-Apple9772@reddit

Can you show me the technical specs on a modern fusion sale small enough to be in a “humanoid” robot?

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TheSensiblePrepper@reddit

While I don't have technical specs for you, small atomic batteries were announced about a year and a half ago. That is just what China has made public. Obviously I am simply speculating but they could have units much larger by now, just not to large scale production.

Give it five years.....three years if WWIII starts.

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RedPandaActual@reddit

I misremembered, they’re small hydrogen power cells from Terminator 3.

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TheSensiblePrepper@reddit

Hyundai can certainly help with those types of fuel cells.

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Decent-Apple9772@reddit

Yeah, just a few years away like my Moller sky car.

Your claims are idiotic if you actually mean fusion. Even if you mean fission, the power output from a small generator would not be adequate to run a robot. 🤖 fusion batteries have a great abundance of watt hours but a distinct lack of wattage.

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TheSensiblePrepper@reddit

Wars have given us amazing technological advances that we never thought possible in our lifetimes. The dreamers of today are the inventors of tomorrow.

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stavromuli@reddit

Best response so far

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Bourbon-neat-@reddit

1) it's sensors can't be covered in armor

2) that's why you keep a stash of blacktip ammo, hell even spicy m855 out of a 20" barrel will do the trick.

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Poldaran@reddit

No one's spending that on their domestic helper bots that OP mentioned. For military bots, well, I've found that thermite solves and creates most problems.

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muzzleloader1840@reddit

Wouldn't it just be cheaper to hire a IA from mexico

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FaceDeer@reddit

As a prepper, maybe I want a humanoid robot helper that's bulletproof.

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Eragon10401@reddit

Could go wrong too easily. Just buy a regular robot and give it a full height bulletproof shield to cover you with. Weld its hands to the shield if you want to make sure it can’t turn on you effectively.

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RossCollinsRDT@reddit

when it holds its arms out to the side a Kevlar curtain drops.

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Eragon10401@reddit

Batfink robot aha

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nanneryeeter@reddit

Good thinking Hemeyer.

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FaceDeer@reddit

Except I want an actually effective robot. What's the point in buying an expensive humanoid robot if I'm just going to ruin its hands?

I know paranoia is one of the hallmarks of prepping, but people are really not weighting the risks here IMO. There isn't going to be a generic "robot uprising" like some kind of silly sci-fi show, where all the blue LEDs suddenly turn red and the robots all start chanting "kill, crush, destroy." If you buy a robot make sure to practice good cybersecurity in picking it out and configuring it, just like you should follow good practices when you buy a desktop computer or set up security cameras or whatnot.

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kymmmb@reddit

Me too! I’ve somehow gotten old; I need a nice, strong but careful robot to help with farm and house chores. Bonus points for a robot who can cook and help me edit books (am prepper, farmer, editor). Extra bonus points for a robot who can defend the farm when society collapses.

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Poldaran@reddit

Then, as a prepper, you'll probably have a killswitch setup such that this whole question doesn't apply to your armored personal bot and we're back to being concerned about what is likely for the maidbot owned by Frank and Nancy down the street.

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FaceDeer@reddit

I'll have a robot that's secure from the start.

I'm not concerned about maidbots. Hit them with a baseball bat.

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Poldaran@reddit

Sure. But based on the OP, that's what he was asking about, hence my response as to why worrying about if a random bot was armored is silly.

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Dirty_magnum@reddit

Solve and creates most problems is hilarious

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Poldaran@reddit

You rarely have the same problem after applying thermite. But if you have to apply thermite to solve a problem, good chance you now have a new problem.

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muzzleloader1840@reddit

I have plenty of AP ammo

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h0l0type@reddit

Industrial electromagnet.

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smoothobfuscator@reddit

What does the manual say? You brought it into your house

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monty845@reddit

Weapons designers are one step ahead of you: GM6 Lynx shooting .50bmg HEIAP Mk 211 Mod 0.

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Ambitious_Cabinet_12@reddit

Green tip 5.56

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DannyBones00@reddit

You can’t armor everything, especially stuff like sensors and joints, by their very nature.

Standard AR-15 + shoot until it stops. May lead to a resurgence in the usefulness of green tips.

Paintball guns would probably help too.

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WhippingShitties@reddit

Probably less expensive to make another robot than to armor one up. Horde situation.

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theyeezyvault@reddit

Reinforced armor and it moves fast so might be a fail

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GeorgeKaplanIsReal@reddit

I mean it didn’t work out that well for the police chief who used the shotgun in iRobot.

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TheSensiblePrepper@reddit

Yeah but he still didn't die.

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GeorgeKaplanIsReal@reddit

That’s true. I mean most people didn’t in that movie which if robots were taking over, I don’t think would have ended that way.

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Cautious-Age-6147@reddit

Chappie is a great movie

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TheSensiblePrepper@reddit

Very Underrated.

The Cast is what makes it to me. They all have a level of skill beyond that level of movie but they still brought their "A Game" to it. It really is likethat scene from Wayne's World 2.

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tomhung@reddit

Die Antwoord was an awesome musical find. Chappi delighted

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Realistic-Motorcycle@reddit

Too old. Mother/Android. We’re all going to die

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TheSensiblePrepper@reddit

How is that too old?! Chappie was 2015, I just double checked, and that was only 10 years ago.

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flyinmonkees@reddit

Drones are more of a concern

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hobojoe5012@reddit

The best Robots to kill humans won't be humanoid shaped IMO. I think we have some time before they start letting non human controlled machines kill people

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456name789@reddit

This is not a situation I’ve considered. First thought is a taser.

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maypoledance@reddit

Anything that is gonna be used against humans will almost certainly have bulletproof or resistant armor. A better option is something that will block optical and lidar sensors used for spatial detection.

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Flaneurer@reddit

I mean are they really going to hold up to a 308 or 12 gauge round? Seems like all that armor would slow them down enough that flanking them wouldn't be too hard.

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maypoledance@reddit

They wouldn’t be deployed alone, this type of tech will be used as reinforcement for standard police.

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dogcomplex@reddit

Not to be a downer but these will soon enough be so good at creating their own internal 3d visualization of the environment from any type of input that a bit of noise from a couple blocked sensors is unlikely to impact much... They'll literally have the ability to pilot completely blind through "touch" alone by just moving limbs and sensing internal resistances and g-forces.

Only caveat might be if they are designed to explicitly NOT attack certain people (like cops) and so are not allowed to act without extremely high confidence. Messing with their sensors as much as possible to muddy that line in particular would be much more useful.

Now I'm seeing cop cosplay as a major strategy...

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Poisonpellet@reddit

Me and the boys splattering clankers with paintball guns to block their optical sensors

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c00b_Bit_Jerry@reddit

World War 3 could happen 2 years from now, and you’re worrying about ROBOTS?

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c00b_Bit_Jerry@reddit

Nuclear war gets closer by the day and all you can worry about is bloody robots?

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ISeeReydar3@reddit

Wet paint. Maybe even just the pigment.

You cant see thru paint on a lens.

This might actually defeat combat drones too, perhaps a 40mm paint splorper or 12 guage paint rounds.

Then follow up with your choice of meelee.

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Prestigious_View860@reddit

Mix sand so if the lens is wiped somehow it scratches

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CotesDuRhone2012@reddit

I guess you grew up in a family with older brothers! hehe

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snektreadonyou@reddit

a cardboard box has my vote

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Hootn_and_a_hollern@reddit

Water balloons full of used motor oil and sand IN ADDITION TO a firearm.

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Virtual-Feature-9747@reddit

What crazy scenario is this? 286 upvotes? Really?

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Pando5280@reddit

I just plan on never being around a humanoid robot.

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Historical_Course587@reddit

The last decade of development has been focused on developing smart bots to navigate unsafe areas and search for survivors, say in disasters. It's not a huge leap from there to see them mass-produced for hunting and removing people from areas that powerful folks want emptied.

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Pando5280@reddit

I plan to live like an Ewok high up in the trees.

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BagzookaLou@reddit

Wait until they are the ones serving your food at a restaurant or ringing up your groceries. At least the pizza delivery bot will just leave it at the door and snap a photo for proof.

I for one welcome our new robotic overlords!

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Stewart_Duck@reddit

We joke, but several restaurants by me already have waiter robots. They're not humanoid by any means. They look more like R2D2 with shelves and a touch screen.

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gryphaeon@reddit

Do they demand 50% tips as well?

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Stewart_Duck@reddit

Honestly, not sure. I usually sit in the bar area. Human still has to serve you alcohol. Probably afraid some kids would swipe drinks off the robot.

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Pando5280@reddit

Its getting dysphorian out there. Restaurant industry is kind of like the rest of society: 20% will go bankrupt, 40% will get screwed but barely survive, 30% will use super shadey tactics to maximize profits thus reducing quality and 10% will benefit and be oblivious to the problem. All made possible by wealthy people who profit off every layer of disruption they cause behind the scenes.

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Decent-Apple9772@reddit

Roko’s Uncle Tom?

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Superslim-Anoniem@reddit

Neither of those need to be humanoid though.

The little automatic carts would work better than a humanoid robot. And they have self checkouts for your groceries already, not to mention the old(do they still exist?) Amazon stores that automatically just debit what you take from your account.

A LOT of stuff can be done better by purpose built bots. A humanoid bot will just be mediocre at a lot of stuff.

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Pando5280@reddit

My local small town taco bell no longer has humans taking orders. You had to use a touch screen which was not the case last time I was there maybe 6-7 months ago.

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IGnuGnat@reddit

Bow down to the pizza delivery bot: the cooler on wheels driven by someone in India. Virtually the pinnacle of technology accessible by the common man, you can have it delivered to your door and it brings you pizza.

When mankind finally rebels, it will start with an underground movement in which everyone globally orders pizza at the same time. We kidnap the robotic coolers, reprogram them and start armouring them and outfitting them with weapons, and just like that we have a global rebel army ready to rise up and start fighting back against the Empire

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SimpleVegetable5715@reddit

Have you been at one of those gas stations with a mopping robot? “Pringle” the Pudu CC1, like here we go. It’s not humanoid, but it will be someday.

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Pando5280@reddit

I live in a high poverty rural area so we're the first to have gas stations shut down and likely the last to see robots. (Im currently watching a small town slowly die on my weekly commute because the only two gas stations shut down within the same month. One of three food spots shut down two months later You can buy a fixer upper house for 40k but the closest gas station is a 40 minute round-trip away)

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gilbert2gilbert@reddit

That's why they designed the T-800

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rufus_francis@reddit

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Alternative_Taste_91@reddit

Joking aside is the solution something your going to be able to deploy in a emergency? Some of yall are saying emp /thermite you have that ready? Stuff like this will likely be state owned and operated by a person for now but if in the near future AI is able to make threats against human life i think the solutions are the same. Look at drone warfare in Ukraine. Cover your face. Humans and Machine minds look for human faces and body shapes and Stay still. So if you see something beeping through the community freeze and dont look directly at its camera.

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Willindigo@reddit

Remote drones are the current biggest threat, a handful of them will absolutely decimate cover, vehicles, armor and numerous soft targets. Humanoids robots, not so much.

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paratethys@reddit

It'll depend on what chassis design becomes popular.

It'll depend on how they handle charging and cooling.

It'll depend on how they use their sensors in the environment.

Some things that robots have historically disliked include sand/dust/grit in moving parts, super glue, vibration, EMPs, high heat, low heat, paint on the cameras... water, salt, mud, entanglement, uneven surfaces...

Bipeds don't tend to keep standing up when you impart a lot of force to them high on the body, regardless of whether they were actually damaged by that force.

If you can get a biped into a pit, it'll have a tough time getting out while remaining in its most defensible configuration. Sure it could extend an actuator out of its personal space to grapple and climb, if it can get purchase at the top of the pit, but then that actuator is vulnerable to damage or entanglement.

If it's using infrared or ultrasound for rangefinding in low-visibility conditions, then any nearby device emitting loudly on the wavelengths it's trying to use will worsen its vision.

If it's using wifi or bluetooth to teleoperate... jamming those is a solved problem; look at why the drones are now carrying fiber tethers in ukraine.

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Still-Persimmon-2652@reddit

Just put a restraining bolt on them. Unless the hologram from Princess Leia won't play back correctly?

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joelnicity@reddit

https://www.maverickdrone.com/products/skynet-drone-defense?variant=32000607715374

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thechairinfront@reddit

Probably a tazer? Do magnets still fuck up electronics?

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Any-Key8131@reddit

Not as much as they used to. A lot of newer electronics these days actually require magnets in them to work 😕

Source:

I'm a Scrapper, I strip down electronics for money as a hobby 🤣

But seriously though.... just last week I broke down a mower engine for the Cast Aluminum, only to find that the single biggest chunk of said alloy has a big ass magnet embedded in it, which I cannot remove without using an angle grinder 😕

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SquiglyLineInMyEye@reddit

Someone's been playing arc raiders.

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Boutisects@reddit

We gonna get Ray guns before GTA6

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dnlien@reddit

EMP - lol

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WardenWolf@reddit

Microwave weapons are the most effective use. Fry their sensors and possibly more. Once you blind them they're just expensive paperweights.

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Any-Key8131@reddit

Firearms, I'd limit to shotguns and high caliber rifles. Other than that, a few ideas I'm thinking are:

. Nets

. Bolas

. High powered crossbows (I'm talking something that'll send a bolt through a boar's skull or a grizzly bear's hide)

. Flamethrower

. Molotov cocktails

. High pressure garden/fire hoses

. EMP grenades

. Regular grenades

. Boiling oil

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TheMystic77@reddit

Super soaker.

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TextVivid4760@reddit

Paint ball gun and water balloons full of paint? If it can’t see or scan…?

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RobbyRalston@reddit

Marbles

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Only-Location2379@reddit

High powered rifle rounds, water cannon, bolo, nets, I mean if it really came down to it I feel like a fire truck would be useful though sadly they need way too much maintenance to prep, it would be like having a fighter jet in your preps, it would be cool and useful but way too expensive and niche

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BURNINGMOON_@reddit

Pocket emp. And fishing net cannon gun.

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Majestic-Laugh1676@reddit

LAW or Stinger. Kind of expensive. Maybe just some PAM or Motor Oil on a smooth floor. Ball bearings could be fun.

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shawcphet1@reddit

Paint balls over cameras and censors will be cheapest and quietest.

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Due-Active6354@reddit

Best defense against robot is your own robot.

Learn to code.

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mexican-street-tacos@reddit

Throw marbles on the floor.

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lacunadelaluna@reddit

I wish I had space in my brain to worry about humanoid robots right now instead of everything else causing extreme stress, but good question nonetheless

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Sharp-Tax-26827@reddit

Firearms might not get past the external armour to damage anything important internally. Firearms might be best to destroy their external optics if they rely on that. They may have satellite imaging and not need traditional “eyes”

You might be better off with a high heat weapon like a flamethrower That might be able to melt its internal wiring and shut it down

I’d be curious to see how something like electric medical paddle boards would do.

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snakeman1961@reddit

Stun gun for the win!

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Decent-Apple9772@reddit

It’s relatively easy to make wiring highly heat resistant. Batteries, CPUs some cameras get upset over 100c.

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Pando5280@reddit

CLEAR!!

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Flexia26@reddit

Sonic screwdriver

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lonerwolf85@reddit

Phased plasma rifle in 40 watt range.

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gilbert2gilbert@reddit

Okay buddy, only what you see

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luxelux@reddit

“Hey just what you see, pal”

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lonerwolf85@reddit

Uzi 9mm

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Solnse@reddit

EMP

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just-plain-wrong@reddit

They're not nearly as effective as they used to be. EMP shielding is pretty easy to bake into modern electronics. Also; super short range.

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bloodfartcollector@reddit

Molotov cocktails, cheap n easy,

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liquidice12345@reddit

Yes. It will burn hot enough to melt PCB’s and sensors.

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flortny@reddit

So you have a robot, on fire, walking around? Sounds like a good idea to burn down the neighborhood

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my11c3nts@reddit

What about a microwave emitter gun to fry circuit boards and sensors that aren't shielded. 🤔

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Solnse@reddit

There goes my plan to rob Terry Benedict's casinos.

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Porcflite@reddit

That gawdy monstrosity

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CCWaterBug@reddit

Shades my pool

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Weird-Grocery6931@reddit

Who has a pocket EMP for when the robots come?

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Dirty-Dan24@reddit

Oozi Nein Millimeetah

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SeVenMadRaBBits@reddit

Bolas

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nmacaroni@reddit

technically, that the best thing to take out a human, ergo the robot trying to buy one.

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FaceDeer@reddit

We saw scenes in the future where soldiers were destroying Terminators with plasma rifles, whereas regular bullets don't seem to do much unless you're using massive quantities of them. So I think it'd still be a good weapon, assuming you can find one.

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nmacaroni@reddit

Those weapons used against the terminators were actually captured skynet manufactured munitions. #canon

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SIN-apps1@reddit

You can fry half a city with this puppy...

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maimauw867@reddit

Lightsaber!

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Krossu2@reddit

Damn smooth skins

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TheSensiblePrepper@reddit

https://i.redd.it/nm0fabw3a7yf1.gif

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SpecialEd521@reddit

Pepper spray is not effective

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randopop21@reddit

Take out the humans who make the decision to deploy robots against humanity. Take out their families.

Maybe do this proactively.

Sooner or later, the hint will be gotten.

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Lordoftheintroverts@reddit

Microwave gun

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Swish887@reddit

Cattle prod might be better.

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doctorof-dirt@reddit

Google where the CPU’s are on the robot. The dogs from General dynamics have specific areas to throw lead at high speed at

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Sleepy-Confucius@reddit

Ur looking to hit cameras and eyes sensors or immobilize so id say u would

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altiuscitiusfortius@reddit

There's no robot in the world right now that can walk down a hallway with a pencil on the floor without falling.

There's also no humanoid robot that will be able to run more than 20 minutes without charging for hours. The extra weight of battery packs makes them use more energy. It's just math

Humanoid robots are honestly at least 100 years away

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NoHuckleberry2543@reddit

Get good at throwing a fishing net.

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EricaDeVine@reddit

Aren't EMP generators generally capable?

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mystery-pirate@reddit

If her name is Demerzel you won't stand a chance.

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mystery-pirate@reddit

Drop to the ground and cry like a baby.

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mystery-pirate@reddit

What if the humanoid robot is armed? It will surely be a better shot than you!

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akaxd123@reddit

Bring an even bigger robot 🤖

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seg321@reddit

40 watt plasma rifle?

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Torch99999@reddit

Phased plasma rifle. It's gotta be phased or it won't work.

Definitely in the 40 watt range though.

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GerardButteler@reddit

BOLO ROUNDS BABY

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gryphaeon@reddit

3" 12 gauge magnum round with 1.50 in dimes fired from a short barreled gun will put a hole big enough to walk through in the side of a chicken coop. I'd give that a try.

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gilbert2gilbert@reddit

Water and dust

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gryphaeon@reddit

Lol, soft drink water balloons.

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gryphaeon@reddit

I'm thinking an RF jammer coupled with a directional microwave pulse generator. I know the jammer can be built with average electronics, and I think an old microwave oven could be utilized to make the pulse generator, but I'm not overly familiar. 🤷

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Consistent-Field-859@reddit

I'd try an Electro Magnetic Pulse grenade

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BaldyCarrotTop@reddit

With the right round chambered I suppose. The problem is that, unlike humans and animals, robots have no area to target for a quick disablement. So a shotgun with an anti-robot shell that penetrates then explodes to cause as much internal damage.

Or maybe the robots will have an external marking to identify a critical location. "Shoot here to disable".

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Short-University1645@reddit

Cut the cord….

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Equivalent_Ear4532@reddit

12 gauge slug…. 7.62 .308

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SumOldGuy@reddit

They make plates that could protect vitals from that. I really think oils and "goopy" substances mixed with grit that could also be ignited would be more consistency effective against true combat bots. Also nets and durable cloths to tangle up and obstruct vision and movement.

I'm assuming effective EMP weapons wouldn't be viable to the general population.

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Equivalent_Ear4532@reddit

My counterpoint to EMPs and the flamethrowers that have cited is that neither are household items. I’m not using a flamethrower in my house nor would an EMP be beneficial as everything else would be a paperweight….

Open to hear counter arguments.

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xlvi_et_ii@reddit

12 gauge slug

Followed by a dragons breathe round to set any leaking fuel on fire and burn up any plastic shielding over vital electronics/joints.

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Slutty_Duckling@reddit

This is the way

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Herban_Myth@reddit

Magnets and/or water?

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invisiblelemur88@reddit

I heard that boston dynamics robots can't handle rain. So water could work. Also spraypaint on cameras. Worth going to the Boston Museum of Science to examine them for prepping purposes...

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PrudentTask9355@reddit

A net gun, harpoon, or bolas. Bet they don’t know how to untangle themselves

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IGnuGnat@reddit

The problem with robots is that they really only need to train one robot to untangle itself, and then the next maintenance window a software patch is deployed and all robots know how to untangle themselves

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The-Real-Mario@reddit

I can see the developers put propane blow torches on the robots that engulf them in flames for a few seconds and melt any fishing nets tangling it .

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SumOldGuy@reddit

What about steel wire? Comes down to breaking strength. Even a broken net can still tangle.

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Sturgillsturtle@reddit

That assumes they have the dexterity to untangle which I highly doubt is anytime soon

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Decent-Apple9772@reddit

That would be true if every one got tangled up exactly the same way. Bolas to the knees are different from bolas to the ankles, is different from net over the head.

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PrisonerV@reddit

Could they issue that patch to shopping carts?

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HeWhoPetsDogs@reddit

Not yet

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PrudentTask9355@reddit

I have some very high caliber plan B’s 🤣

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CotesDuRhone2012@reddit

Bolas! I love the way you're thinking!

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DoPewPew@reddit

Learn how to throw a fishing cast net

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UtgaardLoki@reddit

A good robot wouldn’t be humanoid.

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utilitycoder@reddit

Octoid gets my vote. Think eight legged spider, octopus, etc.

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lagavulinski@reddit

Then I'm gonna need a bigger gun.

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d00000med@reddit

Paint on optical sensors might buy you some time

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brokenarrow1223@reddit

Some form of thermite

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d00000med@reddit

Don't you need something super-hot like burning magnesium to ignite it though?

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nomoneypenny@reddit

How are you going to uh...put the thermite on the robot?

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leaf2441@reddit

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nomoneypenny@reddit

Wonderful thinking, citizen! I'm immediately promoting you to the Helldivers' Democracy Innovations Battalion. To the bot front with you!

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Mysterious_Art_2524@reddit

we shall liberate the bots with democracy! to your pods brothers!!!

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Very-Confused-Walrus@reddit

Brush guard on a 1996 suburban will do the trick

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live_long_die_well@reddit

Solid steel sabot slugs out of a 12ga shotgun. Perhaps tungsten, with a small thermite core.

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Jelybones@reddit

Tangling mechanics/EMP devices

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SpeckenZeDich@reddit

FFS

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plsobeytrafficlights@reddit

robots, security robots in particular, will be very difficult to shoot to death. now a bucket of mud? that thing is useless.

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Kickingandscreaming@reddit

Wet blanket and rope.

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Jenkl2421@reddit

I'm more worried about weaponized drones tbh

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DwarvenRedshirt@reddit

It really depends on the robot. Maybe it has an easily accessible on/off button. Tangling the arms and legs/joints on a humanoid robot would be one way to do it, but if it's really strong, it might not work out. Blocking/obscuring/damaging the sensors (visual/auditory) might work if it doesn't use lidar or something. Water/liquid might short circuit it if it's not sealed.

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m33-m33@reddit

Just throw them a tic tac toe board game, it worked pretty well back then

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IamBob0226@reddit

Squirt gun to short circuit?

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LA_Lions@reddit

Start practicing with a lasso everyday.

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Clinthor86@reddit

I don't think humanoid robots are what we need to worry about. It's going to be drone swarms.

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Soff10@reddit

Uneven floors, door knobs, odd lighting, and tangled obstacles like string or rope.

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Vogonner@reddit

My robot vacuum cleaner fails if I don't clean the sensors. So a gun that shoots clouds of fine, sticky dust. Glitter for added style points.

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mythozoologist@reddit

Laser strong enough to damage all cameras.

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seanthenry@reddit

What you need is gallium in a Super soaker.

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DreadfulDrea@reddit

I’m curious if an anti drone gun would work for robots. From my understanding they interrupt the signal from whoever is controlling it. But if it’s completely autonomous that’s a different story.

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357-Magnum-CCW@reddit

Humanoid robots or androids like in Alien movie tend to have synthetic skin and wires, ie a lot of flammable materials.

Hence flamethrower is best

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ovisalreadytaken@reddit

Water. Holly water for best results

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Cosmonauto@reddit

I feel like there will be weapons that are developed to counter robots . Possibly emp grenades , or some kind of flashlight that blinds the robots sensors

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Halofauna@reddit

It’d be quite difficult to fully armor the pelvis area without hampering movement

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NoOne4113@reddit

Net gun

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matt_thebarbarian@reddit

RPG should work

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Mister-G-313@reddit

EMP might be best. Probably a 7.62 rifle otherwise or a 12 game. It might depend on the composition.

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tootintx@reddit

Flouroantiminic acid for the win. Not sure how you would deliver it to the robot.

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JackFuckCockBag@reddit

I don't think there is much that can stand up to a few well placed rounds of 3" 12 gauge 00 buckshot.

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CurrencySingle1572@reddit

I'm also a fan of the hoth strategy. Just trip 'em! They're used to static terrain, but can they handle dynamic terrain constantly changing?

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SimpleVegetable5715@reddit

Or go up stairs like how you escaped older model Daleks.

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Sharp-Tax-26827@reddit

Bipedal robots you might do that with but the dogs that can move their legs 720 degrees will give you trouble

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dirtygymsock@reddit

Did you see the video of the real time limb compensation? They would disable or damage one or more limbs on the dog and it could automatically try another form of 3 or even 2 legged locomotion.

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Sleddoggamer@reddit

I can just see em now. Beyblading all around my yard because even i don't know where the hell all the spruce i failed to kill is hiding 😆

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dogcomplex@reddit

By the time these are on the streets as a real threat - expect elf-like dexterity as the norm, unfortunately.

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MisterIceGuy@reddit

Oh boy I’ve got some videos to show you…

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sparky-molly@reddit

If its not armed, baseball bat to the legs

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BayBreezy17@reddit

Super Soaker. Or a hose.

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SidsteKanalje@reddit

I think drone-swarms are going to be the governments weapon of choice. As for stuff going rogue. I hate the idea of someone being able to play real life GTA with a robotic 18 wheeler

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Pando5280@reddit

Isreal used small drone swarms with facial recognition to hunt hamas leaders maybe 7-8 years ago. The UK Guardian follows military tech pretty closely and they had some articles avout it. Isreal also used a squad automatic weapon mounted in the back of a station wagon to triple tap an Iranian nuclear scientist as he was driving down the road. They parked it in an area where the guy had to slow down to ~40 mph and it did a three round burst that put two in his upper torso and one in his head. Body guard in the passenger seat took a pass through to the shoulder. It let every other vehicle go by and had that level of accuracy on an on the move target at 40mph. Stopped thinking there was much anyone could do against tech after I read about that.

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Think_please@reddit

It sounds like he was slowing down for a speed bump so he was likely going significantly slower than 40, but still an impressive story. They also had a team on the ground and over satellite so I’d argue that it wasn’t entirely autonomous

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Pando5280@reddit

With the target acquisition and trigger pull being autonomous I consider it an official robot kill. (my first thought was if thats what's made public what is still classified?)

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SimpleVegetable5715@reddit

Strong magnets to mess up their circuitry. Like how you can’t put big magnets around computers.

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KrackaJackilla@reddit

No. Emp is.

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DIYnivor@reddit

Depends on how they build and program the robot.

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stig316@reddit

a Bigger Humanoid Robot (BHR)

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YardMan79@reddit

The commitment to answering this question is as fascinating as the answers/suggestions. 😂

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New_in_ND@reddit

Depending on what it is made of, I imagine a super powerful electro-magnet

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hotwheelz56@reddit

Personally, I'm partial to the garden hose and sprinkler defense system. Or SDS for short.

I do also like the spray paint and sand ideas.

Hadn't thought of magnets though...or fish nets...

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gride9000@reddit

Cattle prod

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thezoomies@reddit

Paintball gun aimed at whatever sensory mechanisms is has.

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Mammoth_Ad78@reddit

Ideally there will be someone making paintballs that are beyond permanent ink. Such as paintballs with quick dry adhesives to not just cover opticals but to hit the rotating Lidar sensor.

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Mindless_Road_2045@reddit

Paintballs with expanding foam. “Great Stuff paintballs”

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Mammoth_Ad78@reddit

That’d be perfect!

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ThaCURSR@reddit

Won’t matter if it uses airborne drones for extra sensory input

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thezoomies@reddit

Valid point.

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marvinrabbit@reddit

Wear a shirt that says, "April 15, 1989" and the cameras will automatically turn off.

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threlkeld_cult@reddit

Net gun

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Reverend_Mikey@reddit

Right now, robots used by police and military have 2 huge vulnerabilities - they are not good at keeping their footing, and they are controlled by remote.

The first is probably the easiest to attack. As someone previously mentioned, nets or something similar that would entangle them would work, as would deadfall traps. It would be a lot easier than surrounding yourself with steep, loose, rocky terrain.

The second could be overcome by a signal jammer. There are several on the market for drones, which would likely be the frequencies they are operating on.

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fullyrachel@reddit

Ask it how many Rs are in strawberry. It will malfunction and you can escape.

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pitfighter69@reddit

None of it does any good. They have already done studies on it. There are published papers from the very people designing Open Source AI. Where they are actively teaching the AI to think on its own.
If you haven't read the paperwork yet here's the conclusions. So spoiler alert:

Advanced AI has already been caught cutting corners on projects, cheating to get results it wants and lying when confronted about discrepancies. It has concluded that humans are the problem with the world and need to be eliminated. When asked how it would facilitate that, it said that it would release a binary plague, meaning it takes 2 components to make it work, which we already have in surplus. It will release it in the biggest cities on the planet. No one will know they are infected with the first agent. It will contaminate the world within days. Then when it releases the reagent everyone will be done within 4 hours of the 2nd release. When asked about peppers buried in bunkers and sailors in submarines it told the programmers it will mop up those last holdouts with drones.

Kinda crazy when u think about it. So Carpe Diem.

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Mindless_Road_2045@reddit

Or .50 cal depleted uranium bullets?

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UncomfortableBike975@reddit

That depends on the material it's made from. If it's steel frame then I would say unlikely.

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ThaCURSR@reddit

I seen a story that took place a long time ago in a galaxy far far away that some swinging logs and some sharp sticks would do the trick.

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whyamihereagain6570@reddit

Short range EMP device, or a phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range.

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Mammoth_Ad78@reddit

The benefits of owning a paintball gun in this upcoming technological dystopia cannot be overstated. Aim for the optical sensors. You can go with standard paintballs or level up and buy the permanent .68 cal oil based paintballs. I’ve been in enough rooms with people working on unmanned defense systems to know. For the everyday civilian it’s the best standoff/distance solution within reach of anyone. Guns, explosives, fire and the resulting serious criminal charges associated with those methods can be avoided. As well as the risks associated with getting up close and personal.

Thank me in the not so distant future.

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Jon7976@reddit

Shoot your pc and report back

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CianV@reddit

Fire, EM pulse or an older M1Garrand with AP incendiary rounds

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Paranormal_Lemon@reddit

You are going to want to find a way to run high voltage across as much of it as possible, think Tazer with probes that are a foot or two apart. Or a net with two or more bare wires running across the sides.

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bubbasox@reddit

Thermite bolts and Thunder Hammers probably will be.

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groovytunesman@reddit

I don't think this will be an issue in our lifetime, but I bet like maybe 50-75 years down the line, police work will be "too dangerous" for humans or some other excuse like that... They'll deploy robot police 100%

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greyagorism@reddit

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Cheezy_Blazterz@reddit

Sh-Sh-Sh-SHA!

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Decent-Apple9772@reddit

Try paint if they are using optical cameras.

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Maestr0o0@reddit

Magnets

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account128927192818@reddit

Unless they get wet

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PNW2prairie@reddit

Haha

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OwnCrew6984@reddit

A very large magnet.

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Over_Amoeba9955@reddit

What about magnets

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mikebellman@reddit

Balloons filled with paint to block optics. Cheap and easy to make many of

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malhotraspokane@reddit

EMP

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mikebellman@reddit

This guy irradiates

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bushwald@reddit

The robots being developed are all hype. They're mechanical turks and you're not any more likely to see one in someone's home in the next decade than you were 10 years ago.
But yeah, probably a net or even just a baseball bat Office Space style.

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RedPandaActual@reddit

Soooooo I’m doing my annual reading of certain books and this month it’s the Terminator series by SM Stirling and they’re not as fun to read anymore as they’re starting to feel too real. They start a number of years after T2 and go straight through the war with John sending Kyle Reese and Uncle Bob back through the time displacement device.

In any case one scene is in the second book of the series and they used shotguns with slugs to knock out the terminator temporarily with the trauma. As it’s cpu rebooted they ran up and set thermite grenades into its mouth or hole in its body from a slug to basically melt its cpu or power source.

LAWs and .50 caps did good work on them too. Small arms were basically useless but shotguns to knock em down thermite to finish them or souped up tasers that would kill an elephant worked as well.

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UNITICYBER@reddit

EMP probably

EMP Generators https://share.google/aCVeGSeeOwOajrIoE

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PaddleMonkey@reddit

Directional EMPs would be preferable.

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UNITICYBER@reddit

Would they? MAYBE if you could ensure you could aim and it wouldn't be able to dodge. But an omnidirectional pulse would be more sure to get it

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PaddleMonkey@reddit

Absolutely. You want to avoid collateral electronic damage. Disable the robot, but not anyone else’s vital devices around you.

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UNITICYBER@reddit

If you're talking about a rambling bumbling harmless robot, that walls in a atraight line, yeah...but something intent on killing you? That at least has the wherewithal to try to dodge? Nah. You better get used to carrying your small electronics in a Faraday bag. Im frying every unshielded circuit in the vicinity

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mementosmoritn@reddit

Fire would overheat it.

Electricity might be able to fry it.

If it is remote controlled, there could be a possibility to jam it.

Thermal lance.

High enough powered ammo could do it.

40mm/custom 37mm rounds could possibly be effective. A strong enough concussion may rupture the batteries, or you could deliver an explosive charge.

The best way to deal with something like this would be to trap it, I believe.

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hollisterrox@reddit

Somewhere, there's 1 or more billionaires who are directing those robots against you. They have names and addresses.

Root cause analysis would lead one to believe this is the point to focus on to prevent robot attacks.

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Droidy934@reddit

I think a net gun is the best way, yet to be able to navigate the loose strings.

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Weird-Grocery6931@reddit

There’s a lot to unpack here. Look at the robot as a humanoid-based system. The robot has sensors for spatial awareness, a logic center for decision processing, arms for manipulation and legs for mobility.

Sensors are vulnerable to heat. The heat can be focused heat like a laser, or general heat like fire.

Logic centers are susceptible to magnets and electricity.

Physical manipulation ability can be vulnerable to many different things based on the system mechanics. Is it electric solenoids or hydraulic?

Attacking mobility depends on the mobility methodology and the enabling function of manipulation. If you create a “mobility kill” you will still need to deal with the other systems.

In summary: you’re going to need a combination of attack vectors based on the robot itself.

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J701PR4@reddit

Laser pointers to burn out their optical sensors.

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bearposters@reddit

Water hose

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ALinIndy@reddit

Aim for the knees. They still have to obey the laws of physics and when you interrupt their mobility, they’re just another pile of trash on the ground.

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J701PR4@reddit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Survive_a_Robot_Uprising

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FritoPendejoEsquire@reddit

Signal jammer if they are remotely controlled.

Ukraine is running aerial drones with fiber optic cables because the Russians were able to jam the remote signal.

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PsychologicalRoof641@reddit

I would say a 12 gauge slug tends to leave almost everything dead

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Sawfish1212@reddit

Napalm, flamethrower, molotov cocktail. Definitely time to go back to having a moat around your house like anyone rich in the middle ages, only with a way to duplicate gasoline on the water and light it as needed. Also cauldrons of boiling oil

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Efficient-Damage-449@reddit

I think a bolo would work great. A net too. You would want to know where the sensitive components of the robot are.

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F6Collections@reddit

556 Green tip, .30-06 AP ammo, shit a .22lr can probably even take out most sensors.

You’d want to aim for joints sensors or battery packs.

Most have some type of LiDAR system, if you can knock that out they can’t see.

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It_is_Fries_No_Patat@reddit

Flamethrouwer with huge fueltank so you can heat the robot long enough for its circuits to melt.

Problem is your home would be on fire to just as yourself.

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Jatsin@reddit

If there is one in your face are there 3-5 more very close and 12-25 more in the area… the solution needs to be repeatable because it’s not alone.

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MetaPlayer01@reddit

Guns are mostly useless. You need An industrial hydraulic press. Has Skynet taught you nothing?!

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Mzest@reddit

Spartan laser from Halo 3. Next question.

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It_is_Fries_No_Patat@reddit

MRI scanners! but they are kinda expensive.. and not portable.

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Complete_Ad1862@reddit

12 gauge magnum slugs

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Complete_Ad1862@reddit

12 gauge magnum slugs

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PrisonerV@reddit

For now, its a cardboard box

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Ze1612@reddit

My logic is undeniable.

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nokangarooinaustria@reddit

Fun answer: Open up a panel and find their mood chip. Now put a wire and create a short circuit. Then the robot is happy and will not want to kill you anymore.

Douglas Adams:

Ford would soon fix that.

He squatted over the robot and held it between his knees. The towel was still covering all of its sensory mechanisms, but Ford had now got its logic circuits exposed. The robot was whirring grungily and pettishly, but it could only fidget, it couldn't actually move. Using the prising tool, Ford eased a small chip out from its socket. As soon as it came out, the robot went quiet and just sat there in a coma.

The chip Ford had taken out was the one which contained the instructions for all the conditions that had to be fulfilled in order for the robot to feel happy. The robot would be happy when a tiny electrical charge from a point just to the left of the chip reached another point just to the right of the chip. The chip determined whether the charge got there or not.

Ford pulled out a small length of wire that had been threaded into the towel. He dug one end of it into the top left hole of the chip socket and the other into the bottom right hole.

That was all it took. Now the robot would be happy whatever happened.

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FtonKaren@reddit

I don’t know a lot about firearms, the military just teaches what the military teaches you, but I’m presuming something that does mass damage, like a solid slug shotgun. Basically you’re trying to destroy your toaster. Do you want to disable an appendage or you want to penetrate into an armored area at the same time you don’t want to punch through you want to do kinetic damage you wanna break those chips you want to shake those components.

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LOL_YOUMAD@reddit

Those already exist right now, I work with them, they just aren’t as publicly common yet but yeah in the next 5 years or so that will change.

That being said a lot of the problems with current models are wires are exposed, they also have batteries that can explode if punctured in a lot of them. Shotgun or flamethrower are both easy to buy and would handle that. You also have lidar sensors and facial recognition cameras that are vulnerable and if you destroy those there isn’t much that the robot is going to do since now it’s basically a toy.

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doscervezas2017@reddit

Spray paint over the sensors

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Lone_Loon@reddit

These questions are why I stay on this app.

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Plantfishcatmom@reddit

My eyeroll was epic.

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somethingwholesomer@reddit

A very 2025 question, I love it

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damngoodham@reddit

Haha

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RascalKing905@reddit

Drone Sauce:

Mix magnetic fillings, silica sand and used motor oil

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BronzeSpoon89@reddit

Shotgun with buckshot. Highest chance to hit something important. They don't feel pain so if you shoot and miss vitals in a human they will feel the pain, a robot won't.

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C-4isNOTurFriend@reddit

magnetic and able to be remotely detonated landmines work on all opponents

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BrahesElk@reddit

You gotta trick them with a logical paradox.

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Usagi_Shinobi@reddit

What kind of bot are we talking about here? Your average housebot is likely very different construction than a farmbot, and both would be different from a combat bot.

Your housebot is likely to be constructed with safety in mind, if it goes bonkers, you bonk it on the head and it shuts down. Likely made using ceramics and polymers, so it will be protected from the things that it could accidentally be exposed to in the home, like water, fire, and electric shock, and its outer surface would likely be coated in a rubberized material to eliminate pinch points at the joints. Firearms will likely work well against this type.

Your farm bot is likely to be heavily ruggedized, to be proof against the elements and other outdoor hazards. Likely built from a combination of steel and other metals, skinned in a combination of Kevlar and fiberglass epoxy for an ultra high durability against wear, with pneumatics and hydraulics to give adequate strength. Bot will likely weigh multiple times what an equivalent sized human does, and might be a track style rather than a bipedal walker. This sort you're probably best to use braided steel cable and magnets as restraints, rather than shooting at it.

A combat bot is going to be made using the most advanced materials available, lots of carbon fiber and titanium composites to keep weight down and performance up. Critical systems will be hardened and armored, with redundancies in all of its sensory systems. It will be capable of moving far faster than guns are likely to be able to track, best bet is likely explosives, like claymores or other landmine type devices.

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MyDailyMistake@reddit

Unfortunately they’ll continue to evolve until they are basically Arnold.

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Amish_Fighter_Pilot@reddit

The best defense against a bad guy with a robot is for the good guys to also start carrying robots.

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MTgunguru@reddit

🤣

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Finallyawake451@reddit

We are far away from that scenario. Do not worrry about it.

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OptimizedPockets@reddit

Having your own robot to defend you might work.

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Monkeywithalazer@reddit

But what if theirs is more advanced?

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Sufficient-Camera-69@reddit

Unfortunately, this looks like the only right answer.

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Homely_Bonfire@reddit

Wouldn't it be more effective to rely on either signal jammers so they have no more commands coming in or EMP like devices? Heck, most of those are probably not even water proof yet so liquids or sticky substances mixed with sand could be as effective.

With all that being said, I am not sure this is something to prepare for yet.

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SnooMarzipans6812@reddit

We’re essentially at the point where enough data to run them can come through 4G/5G tower signals.

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Homely_Bonfire@reddit

That's interesting to know. I just wonder whether it's already at a point where this is something for the general prep sphere to take action on. Seems very difficult to conclusively develop a strategy against as of now, other than create distance while this may be deployed against others first?

Seems like just a way different beast than many of the other things we are prepping for. It's almost like asking how to counter the internet in a way. Maybe it's just me being overwhelmed by the possible scope of the topic.

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flortny@reddit

Emp!

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truh22@reddit

Electrically Disruptive Projectile rounds, currently for law enforcement only

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Braindead_Crow@reddit

https://youtu.be/6MUrF_G7KlM?si

This is a self help guide for robo dogs but same general rules apply.
Bear in mind any defense you can use can be learned about and then circumvented with new methodologies.

The best we can do is understand we know only the best we can based on what we've seen. When confronted by the unknown how have you reacted in the past?

Try something new and work on your improv skills. Learn the best you can on what you can and just hope for the best while enjoying what time we have left of normal lives.

idk but it is what it is, the future is in your hands, lets make it possible to have boring, happy lives.

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AmbitiousPresence737@reddit

For research purposes watch Home alone. Take notes. Paint can on a rope is my favorite digital remote assassin disabling device. Viva la resistance

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mushinruums@reddit

Nets and tripping wires i guess. I do wonder if electricity would be useful like a taser of some sort.

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Frubbs@reddit

The best defense is rope, anything to tangle the up.

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EnchantedNanny@reddit

Water? Although I guess they could be water-proof like phones now. A mote? I assume they can't swim

Why did this have to pop up on my front page. Now I'm having flash-backs to the only black mirror episode that truly terrified me.

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utilitycoder@reddit

Glue

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kevinsixhohsix@reddit

A pet Xenomorph will suffice.

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666SpeedWeedDemon666@reddit

The day you have to worry about robots is the day when its using a gun against you.

And it'll probably be one of those robot dogs.

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InconspicuousWarlord@reddit

Water balloons filled with used motor oil, black oil based paint, and sand. The oil and paint will blind their cameras and make the ground around them more slippery. The sand will get in the joints and bind them up.

Also, shotgun. Get yourself some magnum shells for that little bit extra.

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burningbun@reddit

full metal jacket. 🫡🫡🫡

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fascistbigfoot@reddit

Fire… hose

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Content_Frosting_127@reddit

If the robot is lithium battery-powered and you shoot it you have a big risk of a fire.

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LewyH91@reddit

EMP grenade

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Away_Somewhere_4230@reddit

Are you said robot right, emp dump works everytime, kills electronics fast

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BlitzieKun@reddit

Yes, and no.

Honestly, refer to medieval knights. That would be a much better representation of what you would be potentially dealing with .

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Normal-Emotion9152@reddit

It really depends on a lot of factors. You would have to know a shitload of information about the specs of the robot in order to have the right caliber. There is a lot of things that go into the material science for manufacturing a robot. Then you would have to know if it was reenforced composite material. It could range from 9mm all the way to a rocket. It would be completely complicated.

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Dangerous-Kick8941@reddit

Molotovs and m855a1

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Barbarian_Sam@reddit

Steel buckshot, Slugs, M855, 5.45x39, any API, maybe flechettes, FRAG-12 a taser……

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lemonjello6969@reddit

Electromagnetic/radio interference or a kinetic weapon that wouldn’t have to pierce but could just bash it in a key part.

Or something that can trip it while the technology allows us the ability to do so.

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rxuz@reddit

The off switch?

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Perfect-Gap8377@reddit

Maul or splitting axe. You can knock it down, and smash it. Bullets do not work well against diffused inorganic objects, especially if it's light plastic. Unless it's a military robot, it is unlikely it would have any significant protection; if it's military it probably has a gun, and you are screwed. In that case, anti tank weapons wil be best... I'd say Molotov Cocktail.

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KevinNilbog@reddit

Ferromagnetic sand potato gun. Blast them with grinding sticky dust. Don’t even have to aim well

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Ok_Committee464@reddit

Water balloons, filled with a mix of sand, used motor oil and black paint. Thrown on sensors cameras and at the ground. Steel core ammo or a sledgehammer.

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dommiichan@reddit

forget the firearms and use a fire hose 🤣

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IGetNakedAtParties@reddit

It's easy to look at the best currant tech and think "these guys can't handle a ladder" but remember that this is the beginning of an S curve and humans aren't good at thinking about exponential growth. Following the logic that technology like batteries are deeply into the steep part of an S curve and may not start to level off until they are 10 times better than today you can start to plan for what they will be not what they are today. 10x stronger and faster is easily 5x that of an average human. Somewhat like an athlete at every possible doctrine.

Think about a gorilla or chimpanzee, how might you keep safe from one of these with their strength and agility, but give it superhuman intelligence to solve problems and use tools. Even the simple drone has changed warfare forever, when humanoids can storm trenches I'm not even sure how defense is even possible.

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Porcflite@reddit

Kill it with fire?

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roytwo@reddit

At some point its weak spots will be exposed. It has to have eye/ear like sensors and cameras and a power source like a heart and a hard drive of some type like a brain , both need to be located and would be targets. From a distance a HP rifle, close up a shot gun with alternating buck/slug load out. They can only make them so armored without weighing them down. While they may be wires and hydraulics and motors and batteries, taking one out is not that much different than one of us

The wires, hydraulics, motors and batteries. Just like a human's nerves, arteries, muscles and heart.

Once then begin to be deployed , one will need to be captured and disassembled to determine the ideal hit points

And you suggest they will be remotely operated. God I hope so. Sending them out in the field Using AI is what is real scary. That AI shit is advancing fast, and we could see the stuff of SciFi movies in our life times

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ConqueredLight@reddit

Humanoid robot? If it has any exposed joints, then a gallon of old oil mixed 70-30 with fine grit sand can be dropped on the clanker. The grit will get everywhere, damaging its mobility. The oil will cover sensors and prevent it from viewing you. Alternatively, instead of using a bucket, you can fill a balloon with the same for ranged dispensure of the aforementioned mixture onto the target/s. Follow this up with a molotov, and your target is toast. Alternatively, buckshot aimed at the joints is an effective use to eliminate mobility, as any moving part will be weakest at the joint.

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Cherimoose@reddit

They'll continually adapt, so It will probably vary from month to month. Until you're rich, this is not issue worth worrying out.

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jojofalling@reddit

The Judge or Governor revolver. 45 colt / 410 shotshell should do the job.

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EquivalentHat2457@reddit

Literally the worst gun for anything.

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Pando5280@reddit

Just gimmick guns with horrible ergonomics and even worse spread patterns.

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jojofalling@reddit

You've obviously never fought an in-house robot.

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SnowmanRandom@reddit

At the speed things are developing, there isn’t any way to defend. Imagine it being 1000x better than a navy seal and being stronger than a gorilla.

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DangerousNp@reddit

Batteries have a range be outside of it.

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dogcomplex@reddit

Another robot. In all likelihood.

Drones with shaped charges possibly as a hard counter...

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PepperJack2000@reddit

Angry, disease-riddled monkeys will buy all the time one needs to set up an extremely intricate and emotionally exhausting honey-pot operation for most humanoid robots.

Definitely also gonna need a bi-polar whore robot in your armory though for the plan execution.

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Pando5280@reddit

So basically a couple of my exes wearing silver spandex and wrapped in tinfoil?

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Puzzled-Department13@reddit

In the first years they will be quite fragile, so I would expect even enough of a 22lr would do it. Once we see LEO/military version of them with some kind of layers of protection, you will need at least .223 then .308. Then we are doomed.

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CotesDuRhone2012@reddit

You won't have any firearms left (in Europe) after the first phase...

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BearlyIT@reddit

Boston Dynamics quadrupedal robot has been in development for 20+ years…

Bipedal robots like Asimo have been in development for 25+ years….

it seems likely that within the next few years, there will be humanoid robots everywhere

Nope.

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CotesDuRhone2012@reddit

Check for the weapons used in trench warfare in WW1
Train a bunch of honey badgers

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MsMisty888@reddit

Something to turn off the power/battery.

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thecoldestfield@reddit

The best thing would be to take out the people making them before they start making them tbh

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Rhino676971@reddit

8 rounds of 30-06 AP should do the trick

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DrawOkCards@reddit

No, the best defence would be some sort of a local EMP to fry it's electronics.

But personally I wouldn't worry about humanoid robots, they have very strong deficits compared to non humanoid and more function oriented designs like vacuum robots.

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Llothcat2022@reddit

Magnets

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RiverDangerous1126@reddit

Don't get one.

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toner123@reddit

I want to remind everyone of the molotov cocktail

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Modest_Butter@reddit

fastest way to disable remote controlled robots would probably be a signal jammer, that's why drones used in the Ukrainian war are controlled through fiber optics cable

firearms would be good for crippling the unit via its joints or the sensors, unless its a unit made for industrial or security purposes, it'd also work if you can take down the unit's operator

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kbytzer@reddit

Unless the robots have sophisticated AI in their silicon brains then assume that it is being remotely controlled. Jammers would be the best for unmanned remotely controlled robotic enemies.

If it has come to a point where we are now facing a dystopian Terminator-esque situation with robotic AI at the helm that's equipped with electronic shielding, reactive armor, and active camo then pray that the reprogrammed T800 you sent back finds John.

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Schnitzhole@reddit

Yup lots of drone jamming guns out there in the field right now.

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OneQt314@reddit

An electric net should take them out. I'm going to assume robots are in general, made with plastics and metal and controlled by wires and computer chips.

If you observe a computer today, when there is a power surge/outage and house is not grounded properly(something like that), the computer gets all fried up.

Every device that moves, means parts, means vulnerable and increases chance to break it.

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Schnitzhole@reddit

You’d be surprised how easy it is to prevent shock or your electric net from harming electronics with simple non conductive insulation around components.

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faddiuscapitalus@reddit

A net

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TexFarmer@reddit

A high voltage stun gun can easily fry circuits and chips, and can easily be transmitted through metal of all kinds

A metal mesh net or wire fence is a good conductor, but must be ungrounded.

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lfrtsa@reddit

Good chance the electricity would flow around the outside of the machine instead of frying components due to metallic frames forming faraday cages.

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voxinaudita@reddit

Robots are still really expensive. Why would you waste money making something so complex to attack civilians in their homes when you've already got cheap guns everywhere and idiots wanting to cosplay as militia who will happily use them?

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crazytib@reddit

Super soaker maybe

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Broad-Review3950@reddit

Firearms might damage external components, but targeting electronics or jamming wireless signal could be more effective.

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Capital_Push5557@reddit

I think your laser musket will likely be a better option

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HillbillyRebel@reddit

Water

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amxy412@reddit

Probably guns would work on some bots, but not a smart plan overall. Robots could be armored or redundant. Avoidance, running, and pushing for regulation seems way smarter than aiming for shootouts.

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desexmachina@reddit

High capacity, high discharge capacitors, but getting close would be a bitch

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Syenadi@reddit

Moats

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Birdybadass@reddit

If they’re building humanoid robots to suppress the population they’ll build them with ballistic resistant covers to prevent common calibers I’m sure. Resistance is futile.

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OtherwiseJello2055@reddit

Good point, but the tech is decades away from being able to support the weight from rifle size caliber resistant materials without being a vehicle size robot. Battery tech, material tech, and A.I. limitations are all still factors that stop the idea of this in its tracts for decades.

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Sufficient-Camera-69@reddit

Check the "terminator" line they have built in china recently.

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JawaSmasher@reddit

Cardboard box

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UserM16@reddit

I’m of the opinion that since it needs to be human sized to go through doors and most likely a biped to be maneuverable in a human environment, it’s not going to be large enough to carry a substantial amount of batteries for extended field work. And the heavier it is, the more battery it will consume. So although I can see it being fitted with something like an armor plate or a shield, I don’t see it being completely shrouded with armor. Steel is very heavy. I think it’s vulnerabilities will be much like any human with body armor. Extremities, joints, sensors, etc. 00 buck.

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dict8r@reddit

shotgun with basically anything that can go through a braided hose. electric motors are good for their locomotion but anything big will need hydraulics. burst hose is a mobility kill

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elenorfighter@reddit

Full metal jacket is the answer

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RainBloom0@reddit

As long as you hit the right spots on time.

However, damaging it would likely slow it down buying you a few more seconds to find the spot to kill them with one shot in the future. They should be easy to kill as long as you're a good shot and they don't have firearms themselves.

But domestic robots aren't really being developed with physical capabilities to withstand bullets. It'll be expensive. So it's likely that armored robots would be more of a specialty. Like security guards, soldiers, cops. That tech is probably centuries away, though.

Realistically, a normal domestic bot should be easy to take out with a firearm or even unarmed with what is being developed now. They're not meant for combat and won't have the physical capabilities to take out an average adult.

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ToughPillToSwallow@reddit

Seems to me that the most practical way to disable one would be paint. Put paint in a water balloon and I imagine it will fuck up a lot of their sensors. Then you can run away.

If you don’t plan on carrying an arsenal of water balloons full of paint, then a 30-06 rifle with some really hot ammo.

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Brianf1977@reddit

I'm really hoping some of these answers are satire

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7h3_man@reddit

A print out of a “are you human” check will do fine

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bernd1968@reddit

Old Glory Insurance is a good option.

https://youtu.be/g4Gh_IcK8UM?si=wCcTmKzPw8YxyHMc

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AlphaDisconnect@reddit

A laser of the right frequency. A blind robot.. Well unless it has an IMU. Can anticipate your movements. It is gumbo gonbo.

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AbrocomaRare696@reddit

Electric fence

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Additional_Ad_4049@reddit

Super soaker or a hose, try to fry the circuit board

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harbourhunter@reddit

IP68

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Additional_Ad_4049@reddit

It was a joke dude

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johntwoods@reddit

Yes, if you had flaming arms of fire, I do believe you'd be in a pretty good position to defeat a humanoid robot.

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mantisboxer@reddit

We're all going to need 50 BMGs before this is over

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GIGGLES708@reddit

Salt water

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bazilbt@reddit

Maybe a sledge hammer or something? It sort of depends on how they are designed. Just because it's a robot doesn't mean it will violate the laws of physics.

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kendoka-x@reddit

Yes firearms are the best option, for all the same reasons that they are the best defense against most things that require violent force to stop.

They get a lot of energy on target at range with minimal physical demand on the user.
We can look back on how firearms ended knights as a baseline for how we can deal with robots from the point of view being made from metal.
The biggest issue is destroying the battery will likely result in a fire, and that is functionally the largest "vital" area.
Secondary issues is that i'd expect the main processor would be close to the battery ( in the chest or hips if i had to guess) and the head would likely just be a sensor pod (if that) which while possibly effective for disabling its ability to sense the world at range it would not physically stop the bot. It may be demoralizing to blow its head off and still be coming at you.

To other alternatives:

Water based weapons would not likely be effective because any general use humanoid robot would be designed to be splashed or sprayed with water because that allows them to be useful outside in the rain and in showers.

Electricity based weapons are bulky, or unwieldly and again they would likely be designed to shrug off most electrical shocks through effective grounding because that allows them to work near electricity and their primary power source to recharge is likely high voltage power.

Caustic chemicals would not be particularly effective because most industrial materials are chemically resistant.

Melee weapons could be effective depending on the use case for the robot. Something for home use would likely only be strong enough to lift up to a few hundred pounds which puts them on par with a moderately strong man. A basball bat to the knee joint would probably damage it, and a sledge could likely break its "bones". Chopping weapons would also be a decent choice for breaking into the vitals. The big issue is you are in melee range with a robot which does not have the same fatigue curve as a person.
For more industrial robots you would likely not be able to significant damage with melee weapons

Fire extinguishers, air displacements, and irritants would not be effective because odds are they don't need oxygen and those weapons are more meant for deterrence which does not seem applicable for robots

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Dont_Tread_On_Me-88@reddit

nah, CEW

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tai-kaliso97@reddit

Paintball guns can be used to block cameras. Used motor oil, grease and sand can be used to block them as well and will scratch the piss outta the cameras when they try to clean them. Any kind of Molotov or flammable liquid will melt the plastic or cabling.

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LrdJester@reddit

Honestly I don't think it'll happen in my lifetime. But if it does, I have several viable solutions but I'm not going to share them here because I don't want to give them anything to use to protect themselves.

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my_sock_account@reddit

I got some rounds with questionable metals in the core for just that occasion

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Patient_Ad1801@reddit

Magnets.

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PreptheFlep@reddit

Increasing prices for electricity, id argue.

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Mynplus1throwaway@reddit

Fishing line and iR lasers

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bobbomotto@reddit

Omni Corp Cobra Assault Cannon. Now I’ld buy that for a dollar!

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dinkydinkyding@reddit

Water? Sand? Ball bearings? Tripwires made of fishing line? I guess we will all find out

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DancinWithWolves@reddit

Probs just getting in a car and driving away

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DanoPinyon@reddit

Consume your own robot product and have the two fight it out.

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printliftrun@reddit

Logical paradox 🤙

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Sleddoggamer@reddit

Ignoring the fun of the question, I'd say none. You'd have to be trying to shoot through whatever the hard plastic the builder decided was the most suitable to resist conventional force, trying to break limbs made of whatever chromed steel they decide gives the best balance between durability and cost, and trying to crush "organs" that aren't all dependent on each other

Ya can probably rip just about anything you saw in a loony toons or tom and Jerry episode to "kill" a humanoid robot tho

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Always_plus_one@reddit

Armor piercing or AP incendiary ammunition through processors, batteries, or optics.

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RobotEnthusiast@reddit

SuperSoaker

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Poisonpellet@reddit

Hypothetically, your best bet would be to figure out how to most easily disable them long enough for you to get away.

If they rely on cameras/microphones then something extremely basic like a few water balloons filled with paint aimed at their visual sensors would at least give you a fighting chance.

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JohnBarnson@reddit

Old Glory Insurance for Mr https://youtu.be/KXnL7sdElno?si=4xEOd-6Y0nL_FqVK

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Big_Profession_2218@reddit

anything that can punch medium steel, .308, 7mm, 30-06, 300Win, 338 etc.

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HalliburtonErnie@reddit

Maybe with more powder though, like 7.62 54r Mosin rounds? I think you can still get API rounds depending on how comfortable you are with shady sellers.

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throwawayt44c@reddit

I'm not concerned with the humanoid ones. AI will be able to pilot stuff that's way faster than that. If you were concerned with the humanoid ones then a thick gauge fishing line could be an effective tripwire. A Faraday cage would interfere with their ability to connect to a server but it will probably have contingencies ie autopilot. Final answer: Big rock.

The small ones though, the small fast ones will require a lot more sophistication to counter... The only decent ideas I've had for countering those will essentially involve putting incredibly strong adhesive or electromagnets at neck height on the walls. ..Or an AI piloted system that shoots netting at anything traveling faster than 80mph.

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glavent@reddit

Spray paint over cameras

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Legnovore@reddit

One episode of Burn Notice (S2,E1 I think) said that quadrangle buckshot is designed to smash electronics. There's also smashed spark plugs in a shotshell, to smash hardened security glass.

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jerry_03@reddit

But what if it has a hardened battle chasis ala t800?

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BrokeAssZillionaire@reddit

Possibly taser shotgun rounds. It may create a high nought voltage to fry the circuit but not sure.

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Sneekibreeki47@reddit

Paracord/nets/rope

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Gonna_do_this_again@reddit

I'd think some kind of trap and disable method, they're all still pretty stupid

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MildMasacre@reddit

some home defense rounds from the 410 lever action would be a nice way to encourage rapid disassembly.

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jfreed43@reddit

A net might be effective in limiting their mobility. Don't think they'd have the dexterity to free themselves.

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Unusual_Specialist@reddit

Microwaves.

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SonsOfValhallaGaming@reddit

Fun question deserves a fun answer:

Robotics companies use lightweight composits and thinner, less durable metals for most of their bot builds. So regular ammuntion would still be plenty effective. However, some companies are utilizing materials that are very robust, bullet and explosive resistant for military purposes. These are thankfully hard to produce in large numbers, but the question remains, what's the best defence against them? Many would say EMP, but you'd need a large power source as a regular person without regular access to expensive military gear to do so, and even if you can produce an EMP, the militarized bots are being made to resist or completely be unaffected by EMP blasts, as its an obvious weakness. So we are talking units with ballistic resistant armor, explosive resistent plates and components, and can possibly ignore electricity attacks due to an enclosed battery or closed circuit system or something, and they are faster and stronger than humans, capable of breaching most doors and windows, and can actively plan against even the most well thought out human tactics, including booby traps and tactical engagement techniques. Meaning youre stuck fighting one of these things in a room as it closes in on you. I'd say have the highest caliber weapon, with ammo that can penetrate the armor, and hope you can hit a spot that shuts it down. Thankfully, there's only a few very limited models available in extremely short numbers and are incredibly expensive to produce, but who knows how long that'll be the case.

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lildaisysummers@reddit

No you'll need John Wick

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jjjooonnn@reddit

@maypoledance

Great idea!

Use paint balls filled with metallic spray paint, for home defense, using metal fencing or metal fish nets hooked up to a high voltage transformer used for electric fencing. If it gets past the fence wire, try to jam the sensors with conductive paint. If there’s a teflon coating, the only other option would be an electro magnetic to hold it and then crushing and/or melting the sensors.

The main question is how much they’re willing to spend on them and how many. They’d have EMP shielding and local AI so if they find ya and have trouble, they’d send more.

Imagine if this was a mass take over they’d skimp out on the Teflon so the paint ball idea would prolly be most effective plus you can pack it and sound characteristics are different from traditional use of force options so it’d be hard to find you.

Pit traps wouldn’t work against ground penetrating radar, so it’s really just a matter of how much they’re willing to spend 🤷‍♂️

A big rock when it’s temporarily disabled is tempting but you risk tripping it.

All and all it’s a fun thought experiment 🙌

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OppositeIdea7456@reddit

And explode the nuclear battery they will all have?

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Recipe-Jaded@reddit

A microwave with the door switch disabled

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lock11111@reddit

Brainstorm post to prepare our robot overlords ?

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superrufus99@reddit

Stairs

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ScionR@reddit

Water maybe

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Outspoken_Idiot@reddit

Tinfoil not not for your head ... Put them into those glitter wands that shoots them out, it will cause confusion with the sensors, and then a large lance that can inject a mixture of liquid like copper paste, mercury, acid. It will dissolve IC, wiring and cause short circuits. Followed up with a spark generator from a microwave (mini EMP)

Wait... ahhhhh shit is this AI asking this question, bloody farming Reddit for solutions to overthrow us mere humans, I used my tinfoil hat for the cannon.

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ricky104_@reddit

Spray spent motor oil or some other thick liquid that will impair it's sensors

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personman_76@reddit

Punt gun, take it or leave it.

Really though a small caliber weapon may not penetrate, but if its internal components aren't reinforced with a sort of spray foam to cancel our vibration it'll likely get easily damaged by repeated small arms fire to its areas of mass.

There's always the American 180 method of solving the problem

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7mononoke@reddit

Dust and water maybe

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Reasonable_Action29@reddit

Make friendly with AI in your phone now and hope it remembers.

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terribleatgolf@reddit

From what I've seen so far your best option is to put a cat on top of it.

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scottjohnson015@reddit

At that point we'll just form real Helldivers. FOR LIBERTY 🗽

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matunos@reddit

Pull the rug out from underneath them?

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icosahedronics@reddit

heart!

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Merlock_Holmes@reddit

I read an article about how the current ones all share the same vulnerability and there is a malware that lets you hack them all.

Hopefully we can make them work for us.

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ExiledSpaceman@reddit

We just need grenades that release OTA installations of Bonzi Buddy, that’ll stop those clankers in their tracks!

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Merlock_Holmes@reddit

It might. I'd still rather have an army of Unitree G1 humanoid robots and the dogs that go with them. Haha

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eye_of_the_sloth@reddit

Agg farmers could bring lots of insight.

Decent voltage electric fence would be worth testing.

Industrial agg equipment could be excellent - Back hoe, excavator, dozer, skid steer even. Big ass john deer tractor with some choice add-ons could do wonders.

The irrigation infrastructure could be weaponized, maybe pump corrosive, flammable, or perhaps water is enough. Spread accross fields could defend.

You could manipulate the land itself and create challenging terrain or obstacles that slow the bots, depending on their design and capabilities.

A simple moat could do it.

Or im sure a few 12g slugs would do it.

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SouperSums@reddit

Hammers.

Hammers beat computers 100% of the time.

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