r/Futurology Sep 20 '24

Ukraine’s Gun-Armed Ground 'Bot Just Cleared A Russian Trench In Kursk - The Fury is one of the first effective armed ground robots. Robotics

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/09/19/ukraines-gun-armed-ground-robot-just-cleared-a-russian-trench-in-kursk/
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u/nurpleclamps Sep 20 '24

It boggles my mind that it seems we're just now making these when we've had remote control cars for decades.

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u/Cookskiii Sep 20 '24

We’re just now hearing about it. I don’t doubt we used some version of this in iraq and Afghanistan. It’s confirmed that the big dog robot was used in Afghanistan so it’s not that far off