Re:Boston Dynamics unveils Stretch, a robot designed to move...
by PeterisP on Monday March 29, 2021 @06:04PM
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I recall videos of quadcopters dropping grenades and mortar rounds (for accuracy - they can drop one within a trench or at the door of a trench-shelter, unlike firing a mortar from distance) as improvised weapons a few years ago in the Ukraine Donbass conflict.
More advanced "loitering munitions" (essentially, drones that fly around until they're sent to slam into a target) were used in the recent Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
I believe that all these cases were human-in-the-loop for various reasons, but the possibility for automated targeting seems reachable soon if the armies would really want it (which is not certain).
More advanced "loitering munitions" (essentially, drones that fly around until they're sent to slam into a target) were used in the recent Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
I believe that all these cases were human-in-the-loop for various reasons, but the possibility for automated targeting seems reachable soon if the armies would really want it (which is not certain).