From:	Graht Graht@**********.worldnet.att.net
Subject:	Rigger Question
Date:	Thu, 29 Jul 1999 16:19:52 -0500

Hunter wrote:
/ I've got a drone question:
/ Can a drone (and therefore a robot) use smartgun link hardware?

No, and no. All IMHO.

I don't feel that a drone can use a smartgun to increase it's own
effectiveness because a smartgun link is a human interface device. A
drone's autopilot doesn't have the same type or sensory or perception
system to "link" to. 'Sides, I assume that a drone with gunnery skill,
sensors, and a mounted weapon already has some sort of "smart gun"-like
system that's taken been taken into account (a simple math program to
correlate where the gun is pointing in relation to what the sensors are
targeting).

I don't believe that a rigger could use a smart gun link with a remote
weapon because the rigger is receiving information from the control rig and
it's as if he is the vehicle, but the smartgun reticule is displayed to the
visual perception of his meat body.

-Graht
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