A four-legged robot with a rifle displayed at a meeting of the Association of the United States Army. Ghost Robotics
* The four-legged robot is equipped with a 'Special Purpose Unmanned Rifle' pod
* It was designed by Ghost Robotics and arms manufacturer SWORD International
* The robot can be instructed remotely to load, unload and shoot its armament
* It has not been revealed how many rounds the bot can hold or how much it costs
A robot dog design armed with a 6.5 mm Creedmoor sniper rifle capable of precisely hitting targets from 3,940 feet away has been unveiled at the US Army trade show.
The 'Special Purpose Unmanned Rifle' (SPUR) is the brainchild of Philadelphia-based Ghost Robotics and arms manufacturer SWORD International of Sparks, Nevada.
Placed on top of one of Ghost Robotics' existing 'quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicle' designs, SPUR can be remotely instructed to load, unload and fire its rifle.
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Update: US military may get a dog-like robot armed with a sniper rifle (New Scientist)
WNU Editor: Wow! Apparently this platform can precisely fire at targets 3/4 of a mile away.
3 comments:
Why use a 6.5 Creedmore? Basically equal to a .260 Remington. I guess low recoil was the priority. A better, harder hitting round would be a .300 Winmag or .308 win.
/But who cares when you're running for your life from a hacked robot gun dog?
To describe a military weapon such as this as "dog like" is an insult to man's best friend.
I still think it's a cool weapon but very stupid, wouldn't it be easier to use a drone with this or something that rolls like a ball?
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