As a counter-drone measure, the army is testing robo-dogs with armed rotating turrets.
Military.Com reports Army Testing Robot Dogs Armed with Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Rifles in Middle East
The Army has sent at least one “robot dog” armed with an artificial intelligence-enabled gun turret to the Middle East for testing as a fresh counter-drone capability for U.S. service members, service officials confirmed.
Photos published to the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service last week show a Ghost Robotics Vision 60 Quadrupedal-Unmanned Ground Vehicle, or Q-UGV, armed with what appears to be an AR-15/M16-pattern rifle on rotating turret undergoing “rehearsals” at the Red Sands Integrated Experimentation Center in Saudi Arabia in mid-September as part of a recent counter-unmanned aerial system exercise.
The specialized gun turret, which features a large electro-optical targeting system with “Lone Wolf” emblazoned across the side, appears to be the same “artificial intelligence-enabled” system that the Army recently put through its paces during Operation Hard Kill, a separate counter-UAS exercise led by the service’s Combat Capabilities Development Command, or DEVCOM, and the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, New York, in August.
Wow. Does this remind anyone of scenes star wars?
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