Was Terminator based on reality???

Wired News has a story on armed battlefield robots the military will be sending to Iraq in the Spring.

As early as March or April, 18 units of the Talon -- a model armed with automatic weapons -- are scheduled to report for duty in Iraq. Around the same time, the first prototypes of a new, unmanned ambulance should be ready for the Army to start testing.

"Putting something like this into the field, we're about to start something that's never been done before," said Staff Sgt. Santiago Tordillos, waving to the black, 2-foot-six-inch robot rolling around the carpeted floor on twin treads, an M249 machine gun cradled in its mechanical grip.

This would be great for our troops, the robots can check the houses for bad guys and if the bad guys decide to blow themselves up, we lose a robot not a troop. The bad guys facing the robots will be in for a nasty shock, instead of them taking out infidels, they will be taking out machines. Also, the machines that will be hunting the bad guys won't feel fear or pain or get tired or feel compassion for the bad guys. I just hope they work out as planned.