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Pentagon pushes ground robots as DARPA tests GPS-free UGVs at Fort Knox
The Pentagon is moving toward wider unmanned ground vehicle adoption, though still trailing Ukraine's scale, while DARPA's RACER exercise at Fort Knox showed GPS-independent robots mapping terrain and locating simulated targets with humans controlling engagement decisions. A $24 million Pentagon contract to Foundation Future Robotics for humanoid robot research has drawn criticism from Sen. Elizabeth Warren. The items show no scheduled hearings, votes or deadlines. · yesterday
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YesterdayBusiness InsiderOriginalThe Pentagon is testing war robots that can hunt in packs without GPS and find battlefield targets on their own. Humans still call the shots.
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