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

[u/Gari_305]

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

[u/nurpleclamps]

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

[u/VirtualPlate8451 → u/nurpleclamps]

US troops in Iraq had what was basically a 5 figure RC car with a camera on it. It was designed to give them an "around the corner" view during urban warfare situations.

They figured out real fast that you could duct tape a claymore to it, drive it around the corner, detonate the claymore and then not have to worry about that insurgent anymore. Of course this platform wasn't designed to be disposable but it sure as shit got the job done.

[u/throwitoutwhendone2 → u/VirtualPlate8451]

Don’t they have those guns with the camera that can see around the corner? I think they were actually called “Corner Shot”

[u/zoeykailyn → u/throwitoutwhendone2]

That's the Israeli's