The robot protects and destroys the target

Sam Sung's engineering department is planning to launch a self-determined and self-destructing robot that is 3.2 km away.

(Photo: TTO) This device is called a robot guard, so scientists Korea University study. The purpose of the manufacturers is to use it to replace the border patrol force.

" The goal of this project is to move the border patrolman out of danger and replace it with a robot ," said Shin Hyun-don, a spokesman for the Ministry of Defense told the Korea Times .

Equipped with dual and infrared sensors to determine the target from 4 km in daytime conditions and 2 km at night, the robot can alert or fire on targets with rubber bullets or use K-3 machine gun. The sale price of the robot is about $ 200,000. Sam Sung hopes to sell 1,000 robots in the first year.

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