Thursday, September 17, 2020

U.S. Air Force Testing Robot Dogs To Protect Their Bases

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Warzone/The Drive: The Air Force Just Tested "Robot Dogs" For Use In Base Security

The quadrupedal robots secured the perimeter of a base during a recent test of the USAF's Advanced Battle Management System.

They look like they were cast straight from an episode of Black Mirror, and eventually, their mission could be similar in some ways, but for now, robot dogs are stretching their legs in the big test exercise environment for the United States Air Force.

Last week, the U.S. Air Force hosted the second demonstration of its new Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS), a digital battle network system designed to collect, process, and share data among U.S. and allied forces in real-time. The ABMS has already undergone several tests, including a live-fire exercise earlier this year conducted with data and communications provided, in part, by SpaceX Starlink satellites.

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Robot dogs join US Air Force exercise (Video) -- CNN
The Air Force Is Testing Robo-Guard Dogs to Protect Its Planes -- Popular Mechanics
Robot dogs join US Air Force for major exercise, could be ‘key to next-gen warfare’ -- The Print
‘Unstoppable’: USAF Training Robot ‘Dogs’ to Secure Perimeter as Part of ‘Digital Battle Network’ -- Sputnik
Robotic dogs offer glimpse into next-gen warfare -- Asia Times

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Terminator is becoming real

jimbrown said...

And some robot cats too, just for fun.

Anonymous said...

I sure hope we talk about the gender of those electronic dogs. I haven't seen enough annoying articles in the NY Times yet.. and once we can give them 50%female genders or so and make sure female robots get the best jobs, by law. But not bad jobs by law, we are not THAT equal.