Robodog fires on a dangerous explosive body (Photo: GOV.UK, UK Ministry of Defense)
Salisbury – the British Ministry of Defense wants robot dogs from Boston Dynamics Use in the future to find and defuse bombs and mines. This is intended to relieve people who are now inevitable for this dangerous task. In a four -day test, Robodog, a version equipped with additional devices such as a laser cannon, has demonstrated its skills.
People work more subtle
With its 4 legs, the machine is highly off -road, so that it can easily move on rubble areas and climb stairs even. Cameras and olfactory sensors also enable them to recognize duds. The data collected with it is evaluated by software based on artificial intelligence (AI) and prepared for tasks with machine learning.
However, the abilities of the robodog to defuse dangerous remnants of military conflicts and deliberately placed explosives are far less subtle than that of humans.
At the site, the robot brings the explosive body explosion with a shot from a laser gun. If this is not possible there, it transports the dangerous object to a place where it cannot do any damage and destroys it there.
Drones secure the surroundings
In the tests of the Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (DStL), the British Department of Defense’s research institute, were also flying drones that monitor the environment. This is necessary in an emergency to ensure that after evacuation, no more people have remained in the danger area.
At the moment, the ordnance space robot is still controlled by a specialist who is based on pictures from the on-board camera and assists in the identification of the objects as well as the transport and explosive.
In the medium term, however, the robodog should do its tasks autonomously. “We combine military and commercial systems to protect our population and our country from fatal threats,” says DSTL chief developer Andy Bell.
Source: www.pressetext.com
(PTE016/06.02.2025/11: 30)