Remember that part of a strategy for defeating a system is to figure out what it recognizes as a threat... and what it doesn't.
You might find that, rather than a futile attempt to run from a "robot dog" that can run 40 mph and can jump higher than you, is stronger than you, has built-in range weaponry, etc... a smarter move may be to NOT run, but stand passively and actually let it catch you. Once it "caught" you... there may be plenty of simple things that the "robot" won't recognize as a threat that you can use to disable it. You can also set up circumstances where it will "catch you" in an area you've prepared in advance to disable that "dog".
All engineers can do is to design a system to meet KNOWN conditions or reasonable scenarios. OK then, introduce a few un-forseen conditions, like setting a trap. One thing a "robot dog" would be taught is how to recognize and follow human heat signatures... or recognize the human figure (2 arms, 2 legs, head, torso)... or even to respond to sounds or voice "surrender". :>)
What happens if, to the dog's video guidance system, you suddenly appear to have 6 arms? or 4 legs? What happens if your heat trail disappears? What if you are surrounded by other moving heat signals that make yours impossible to trace? What happens if someone with a human shaped heat signal... suddenly pulls out a foil thermal blanket and holds it up, so now it looks like a wall with a completely different heat signature? The "dog" may interpret it as if a person disappeared.
There are a lot of "what if's"... and engineers can't plan for human creativity.
Sometimes running from something isn't nearly as effective as letting it catch you in a pre-prepared environment or where you have others standing nearby that the "dog" doesn't see as an active threat. Don't be afraid of someone else's technological marvel. Remember that even the best, most advanced $30 Million each fighter jets can be taken out by a flock of birds.
Cheap 2nd-hand microwave ovens can waste almost-million dollar missiles.. so yes, the analogy is appropriate. Do you really win if you use cruise missiles to blow up near-worthless tents, as was opined of Afghanistan not so long ago?
Remember that part of a strategy for defeating a system is to figure out what it recognizes as a threat... and what it doesn't.
You might find that, rather than a futile attempt to run from a "robot dog" that can run 40 mph and can jump higher than you, is stronger than you, has built-in range weaponry, etc... a smarter move may be to NOT run, but stand passively and actually let it catch you. Once it "caught" you... there may be plenty of simple things that the "robot" won't recognize as a threat that you can use to disable it. You can also set up circumstances where it will "catch you" in an area you've prepared in advance to disable that "dog".
All engineers can do is to design a system to meet KNOWN conditions or reasonable scenarios. OK then, introduce a few un-forseen conditions, like setting a trap. One thing a "robot dog" would be taught is how to recognize and follow human heat signatures... or recognize the human figure (2 arms, 2 legs, head, torso)... or even to respond to sounds or voice "surrender". :>)
What happens if, to the dog's video guidance system, you suddenly appear to have 6 arms? or 4 legs? What happens if your heat trail disappears? What if you are surrounded by other moving heat signals that make yours impossible to trace? What happens if someone with a human shaped heat signal... suddenly pulls out a foil thermal blanket and holds it up, so now it looks like a wall with a completely different heat signature? The "dog" may interpret it as if a person disappeared.
There are a lot of "what if's"... and engineers can't plan for human creativity.
Sometimes running from something isn't nearly as effective as letting it catch you in a pre-prepared environment or where you have others standing nearby that the "dog" doesn't see as an active threat. Don't be afraid of someone else's technological marvel. Remember that even the best, most advanced $30 Million each fighter jets can be taken out by a flock of birds.
Cheap 2nd-hand microwave ovens can waste almost-million dollar missiles.. so yes, the analogy is appropriate. Do you really win if you use cruise missiles to blow up near-worthless tents, as was opined of Afghanistan not so long ago?