From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Sat, 07 Feb 2026 21:26:56 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:   
      
   > On 2026-02-07, rbowman  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Sat, 7 Feb 2026 12:41:14 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Imagine a little spider-like  'bot' equipped with a miniature   
   >>> hypodermic, a GPS sensor, solar panels and a teensy gas chromatograph,   
   >>> able to go to a specific location taking weeks if necessary, and stab   
   >>> the person whose DNA corresponds to its mission with a lethal venom.   
   >>   
   >> It's been decades since I read the series but wasn't there something   
   >> like that in 'Dune'?   
   >   
   > There was something like that in an SF story I read, and Dune might have   
   > been it.  I think it was called a "hunter-seeker".   
      
   https://dune.fandom.com/wiki/Hunter-seeker   
      
   Yup. Not quite as autonomous, but not bad for 1965.   
      
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