Not sure where this belongs but AI and robotics technology has been posted here previously.

Rodney Brooks' MIT crew at iRobot and the BU folks have developed an anit-sniper bot.

IRobot Corp. of Burlington (MA), famous for its robotic vacuum cleaners, has teamed up with researchers at Boston University to develop a military robot capable of spotting enemy snipers.

''You'll actually see the sniper before the smoke disappears from the shot," said Joe Dyer, iRobot's executive vice president and general manager.

IRobot demonstrated the system, called REDOWL (for Robot Enhanced Detection Outpost with Lasers), at the Association of the United States Army convention in Washington yesterday. Testers struck pieces of metal to simulate gunshots. REDOWL quickly aimed its infrared camera and laser rangefinder at the source of the noise, just as it did in tests at a Medfield gun range.

How bout we name it "Sarah Connor"?