The U.S. Army Moves To Upgrade And Standardize Its Robot Army

Scout Warrior: Army Upgrades Fleet of War Robots

The Army is transforming its fleet of transportable robots to a common set of standards to expedite modernization, interoperability, autonomy and mission.

The Army is transforming its fleet of transportable robots to a common set of standards to expedite modernization, interoperability, autonomy and mission flexibility.

During the last decade and a half of ground wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army acquired and fast-tracked as many as 7,000 unique robotic systems in an effort to keep pace with the emerging threat of enemy IEDs.

Building upon these developments, which included the deployment of multiple transportable cave- and road-clearing robots, the service now seeks to architect design a common fleet with a single robotic chassis configurable to a wide range of varying missions, Bryan McVeigh, the Army's project manager for Force Projection, said in a service statement.

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WNU Editor: The U.S. Army move to standardize its fleet of robots is long overdue. Having 7,000 unique robotic systems in your inventory makes it next to impossible to organize and operate what you have.