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The Civil Protection organization (the Combine' same-city police) maintains law and order and keeps citizens under control. Its officers can be found at all checkpoints in City 17. Additionally, they patrol the outskirts of the city to hunt down criminals supplying the rebels. ГО officers are nothing more than ordinary human collaborators who joined the Combine security forces primarily to receive rewards, better living quarters, additional food rations, clothing units, and simply a better life. Unlike regular army soldiers, they do not undergo extensive modification, although their respirator helmets distort their voices, making them slightly resemble cyborg soldiers. ГО officers are armed with police stunbatons, 9mm USP Match pistols, MP7 submachine guns, and hand grenades. Each officer is dressed in a black-green uniform, leather boots, a light bulletproof vest, and a white respirator helmet with a built-in gas mask, night vision device, and communication system. A wide-band radio transmitter is located on the belt, to which a life support system and a Geiger counter are connected. Some officers also carry Manhack cleanup robots, which they release at appropriate moments while other ГО squad patrols call for reinforcements using radios and signal flares. ГО-shniki primarily use rush tactics to avoid enemy attacks or take cover when wounded. They also frequently utilize stationary AR1 machine gun turrets. Upon a patrolman's death, his radio emits a long beep — a signal from the life support system indicating loss of communication with the user. ГО officers can be detected by their constant radio chatter. Usually, Civil Protection officers communicate with dispatchers via radio to learn about the situation, new assignments, detected intruders, personnel losses, and other necessary information. Certain radio transmissions suggest that as rewards, ГО officers receive additional food rations, clothing units, and living space. In Nova Prospekt, one can also hear radio messages to guards stating that in the event of a mission failure, the soldier faces eviction to the wasteland. ГО soldiers move through cities in armored personnel carriers (APC) and transport helicopters and are often accompanied by search scanners and Manhack robots.

There are still many very realistic moments; I don't think the doctors of science at your university know about the Combine :)

How do the soldiers of the Combine feel about combat robots?

The Strider is a heavily armored combat synthetic robot. This biomechanical walking machine consists of an armored hull – a fuselage – and a chassis with three articulated stabilizer legs. Its armament includes a nose-mounted turret with an installed pulse weapon and a suspended compactification cannon – a space annihilator, which first condenses the atmosphere in the firing zone and then sharply discharges it to zero (this is what causes the annihilation of matter). The Strider's legs are very sharp and are used to destroy nearby targets.
Striders are used individually for patrolling and supporting groups of soldiers. In large-scale combat operations, several Striders are used at once. Striders can destroy entire buildings to eliminate enemies hiding inside, and then simply step over the resulting ruins. Striders can also crouch to pass through low tunnels. Transporters are used to deliver Striders to distant territories.

How do Combine soldiers treat combat robots?

Well, you always have to start small, not with a fully automated robot right away

you always have to start small, not with a fully automated robot right away :)

Well, compared to that, the robots from Fallout are the epitome of realism. :D

The ideal combat robot is, in my opinion, too broad a topic for a single dissertation. I'm no specialist, of course, but this probably requires at least 3-4 people working on it. One dealing with mechanics and/or electric drives, a second with electronics, a third with programming... Someone else should be managing all of this; basically, this is a task for an entire design bureau. By the way, no torsion fields have been detected yet—durkalurka guarantees it. Most likely, they don't exist at all.

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For a dissertation, it would probably be enough to even just teach it to distinguish between friend and foe with a probability close to 100%..

Put up two portraits: Putin and Zyuganov. When showing the first one, say "yuck," and when showing the second one, say "cute." That's how they'll learn to tell the difference.

The main thing is to teach him the phrase "Whoever doesn't drink tea is a loser." Everything else is optional.

I had thoughts about starting to develop an Android application, and I even tried to incorporate my ideas into the development process.

Put two portraits: Putin and Zyuganov. When showing the first, say "eww," and when showing the second, say "cute." That's how they'll learn to tell the difference.

Seriously, as far as I know, it's not even possible to create an algorithm that can distinguish between an image of a cat and an image of a dog. :( :( :(

But the camera can distinguish a smile from other parts of the body.

Even the ninth version of FineReader sometimes fails to recognize a simple letter, so what can we expect when it comes to quickly detecting people hiding, for example, in a forest at night, determining whether they belong to the enemy or our side, assessing their capabilities and comparing them to our own, and making a decision... No, we are still far from any combat robots...

Robots are excellently used in subversive activities, even for non-military purposes. It doesn't matter if a robot is destroyed in an explosion. Computers on airplanes identify aerial targets; the pilot only needs to press a button. Otherwise, a lot of time would be lost, which is very precious in the air at speeds close to the speed of sound. So, what's the problem? FineReader on personal computers is an example from a completely different realm.

What do people hiding in the forest behind bushes have to do with it? We were talking about the fact that a robot could easily distinguish between portraits of Zyuganov and Putin.

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Don't make people laugh. Do you think this is some kind of advanced technology?

They are probably stored by the government.

There is such a thing as biometrics.

Guys, doesn't it bother anyone that today it's impossible to build an android with the same number of degrees of freedom as a human? Besides, creating androids is impractical because they would be excessively complex and not very durable. Then there's the issue of power sources. To ensure long-term autonomous operation, a robot needs a huge amount of energy. A powerful laser requires as much power as a small town (maybe I'm exaggerating). And it would cost more than an aircraft carrier.
So, guys, don't overthink it and focus on combat exoskeletons. Or improving railguns, because that's a truly useful and cool thing.