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The Pentagon is testing war robots that can hunt in packs without GPS and find battlefield targets on their own. Humans still call the shots.
Why it’s here: DARPA RACER program on autonomous military ground robots operating without GPS and with human oversight is defense autonomy R&D with direct federal funding and military application, squarely in the Robotics area.
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YesterdayBusiness InsiderThe Pentagon is testing war robots that can hunt in packs without GPS and find battlefield targets on their own. Humans still call the shots.DARPA's RACER program ran a Fort Knox exercise in which four GPS-independent ground robots mapped terrain and located simulated enemy targets while a human operator kept control of engagement decisions.1 outletRoboticsDefensePentagon pushes ground robots as DARPA tests GPS-free UGVs at Fort Knox6 linked
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