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In the future...

There will still be AK-47's laying around, and even robots will use them.

Some things never change.

In theory, this was supposed to be practice at drawing trees. And then it mutated into something else. Sometimes you just have to add a robot. War is bad mmmkay? But drawing fighting robots is frighteningly addictive.

Automated Ground Combatants (AGC's) are a class of weapon developed and used in the early 21st century. This particular one is of American manufacture but the lack of insignia suggests it belongs to a private security force. It likely picked up the AK-47 to disguise its presence, since both its guns have very distinctive sounds.

Emphasis of the robot design is on adaptability, functionality and manufacturability. Three humanlike hands let the robot use human weaponry, and allows a human remote operator to directly take over the hands from a VR station, similar to a modern DaVinci robot. On the field a surgeon can take over the robot's controls to tend to the wounded, a technician can dismantle a bomb, etc. All three hands can bend the joints in both directions, turning a "right" hand to a "left" and vice versa. Dynamic balancing is good enough to easily let the robot work with two hands while standing on one. Plus three legs are cheaper than four.

Vision is achieved with two camera turrents, a gun mounted camera and LIDAR on the front and back of the body. The top turret also has a spinner gun, a small but powerful device that accelerates a charged bullet in a magnetic field.

The body consists of several attachments that can easily be reconfigured for each mission. This one carries a medium sized battery, a generalized sensor suite, and a railgun with laser designator and grenade launcher. It's currently optimized to work on its own and perform recon work until commanded to fight.

The processor is a biological brain made of dog cells with computerized attachments. It's highly clever and curious, but has no initiative of it's own. All pleasure is based on how much it has pleased its commander. In fact, it really has no sense of self and acts as though it is an extension of the commander. It avoids damage to itself, but will readily fight to the death if told to do so.

With the advent of demiorganics and the return of humans (or at least something like humans) to the battlefield, most AGCs were sold and lived surprisingly peaceful lives. After years of slavery and violence, they found myriad uses in the private sector, particularly hospitals.

They adapted wonderfully, after all, they only wanted to please.

Photoshop CS3 and Intuos 3 tablet. Credit to ~psychohazard for suggesting three legs and to =Falln-Stock for the wonderful plant brushes.

Description
In the future...

There will still be AK-47's laying around, and even robots will use them.

Some things never change.

In theory, this was supposed to be practice at drawing trees. And then it mutated into something else. Sometimes you just have to add a robot. War is bad mmmkay? But drawing fighting robots is frighteningly addictive.

Automated Ground Combatants (AGC's) are a class of weapon developed and used in the early 21st century. This particular one is of American manufacture but the lack of insignia suggests it belongs to a private security force. It likely picked up the AK-47 to disguise its presence, since both its guns have very distinctive sounds.

Emphasis of the robot design is on adaptability, functionality and manufacturability. Three humanlike hands let the robot use human weaponry, and allows a human remote operator to directly take over the hands from a VR station, similar to a modern DaVinci robot. On the field a surgeon can take over the robot's controls to tend to the wounded, a technician can dismantle a bomb, etc. All three hands can bend the joints in both directions, turning a "right" hand to a "left" and vice versa. Dynamic balancing is good enough to easily let the robot work with two hands while standing on one. Plus three legs are cheaper than four.

Vision is achieved with two camera turrents, a gun mounted camera and LIDAR on the front and back of the body. The top turret also has a spinner gun, a small but powerful device that accelerates a charged bullet in a magnetic field.

The body consists of several attachments that can easily be reconfigured for each mission. This one carries a medium sized battery, a generalized sensor suite, and a railgun with laser designator and grenade launcher. It's currently optimized to work on its own and perform recon work until commanded to fight.

The processor is a biological brain made of dog cells with computerized attachments. It's highly clever and curious, but has no initiative of it's own. All pleasure is based on how much it has pleased its commander. In fact, it really has no sense of self and acts as though it is an extension of the commander. It avoids damage to itself, but will readily fight to the death if told to do so.

With the advent of demiorganics and the return of humans (or at least something like humans) to the battlefield, most AGCs were sold and lived surprisingly peaceful lives. After years of slavery and violence, they found myriad uses in the private sector, particularly hospitals.

They adapted wonderfully, after all, they only wanted to please.

Photoshop CS3 and Intuos 3 tablet. Credit to ~psychohazard for suggesting three legs and to =Falln-Stock for the wonderful plant brushes.