Robot: Future warrior of the US military

In fact, the US military has used a number of semi-automatic robots for direct combat operations. Among these are robots that are as designed as the Terminator version.

The first self- contained moves of the PackBot battlefield in Afghanistan recently, though not yet complete, mark a big step in future war technology, where the machines are automatically armed and become powerful. the amount of combat involved with the soldier.

The launch of the program called "Robot Challenge" by the US Department of Defense's Advanced Military Projects Agency (DARPA) was launched, along with a request from the Pentagon to build a team of carpet rescue robots. graphics, considered an attempt to find future warrior models.

According to DARPA, this program aims to evaluate the robot's ability to operate in dangerous situations for humans to be simulated, especially in disaster relief.

Images of future warriors are gradually evident.(DARPA)

One of them, the robot named Pet-Proto of DARPA, has the ability to move through or walk around obstacles, using "capabilities including self-decision making, mobility and dexterity." .

Leading this field, DARPA has allocated up to $ 7 million out of a total of 2.8 billion budgets in 2013 to study the development of an interface and algorithm that allows soldiers to add "friends" to battle Semi-automatic machine that moves with two legs and acts as a soldier's representative.

Robots controlled by humans, also known as "future warriors" , can "clean up" a room, "support patrols, guard and clean up the battlefield". Advances in advanced sensor technology and computers are supporting more "smart" machines that can be programmed to kill or destroy.

Robots currently serving in the battlefield, though only semi-automatic, have begun to appear in future war assumptions, in which a group of robots operates under the command of a person emblem.

The purpose of this robot technology is to find and detect non-cooperative human goals. And so, the future war script will be armed, self-working robots, sensors on their skulls that can "detect human breaths and radio waves emitted from the heartbeat people".

Increasingly smarter

In November 2012, PackBot - the battlefield robot of the most used US army in Afghanistan, has finally been able to "take its first steps".

PackBot is one of more than 2,000 robots participating in the unstable South Asian nation, whose mine-sweeping function has become "smarter " with a series of improvements that allow it to move on its own and Clearing bombs and mines in certain situations.

Although there are many limitations, for example, in situations where communication with the operator is lost, PackBot will automatically return to the location where the last signal was received, which will reduce the risk of casualties for the soldier.

So far, most of the robot warriors' ideas have only been used for dangerous jobs and not directly involved in combat. Part of the reason is that US policymakers and researchers are still arguing about how to use and rules regarding warrior robots.

Supporters of these militants argue that they have no sense of fear and tension, a frequent cause of chaos that causes soldiers to turn guns on friends or aggressive behavior stemming from a desire for power. or revenge.

First steps

However, protesters fear what will happen if some force develops war robots that do not comply with war laws. Currently US policymakers and arms control experts have begun to discuss the legal and nature impacts of neurological technology and robots in armed conflict.
In fact, the US military has used a number of semi-automatic robots for direct combat operations. One of them is the Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot (SAFFIR) with a fire-fighting function on the warship.

SAFFIR is designed exactly like the Terminator version, but without the outer skin, equipped with heat sensors, gas, regular cameras and infrared cameras that can see through smoke screens with titanium frames to help them move. Flexible transfer.

Bear Ambulance Robot (Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot) is produced by Vecna ​​Technologies under the auspices of the US Army, which can transport soldiers from the battlefield area to a safe area, being studied with the upgrade. More complex tasks like equipment transportation.

"Warrior" dog robot.

The first images of DARPA's "warriors" robot robots show that they are capable of transporting equipment and following soldiers by using "eyes" with sensors that can distinguish trees and rocks. or people.

Not only that, the LS3 AlphaDog warriors of Boston Dynamics produce these commands that can be issued from the mouth or gesture of the commander.

LS3 AlphaDog, active and less noisy than its predecessor - BigDog - will be participating in actual rehearsal next year.