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U.S. Military Clears Armed Robotic Dogs for Field Evaluation

John Mills (Col, USA, Ret)

4h ago· 1 min readenNews

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Summary

The article discusses how robotic dogs, inspired by Boston Dynamics' designs, are being cleared for evaluation by the U.S. military. These autonomous, AI-powered robotic K-9s are being equipped with weapons ("getting teeth") for use in high-risk urban and field environments, supplementing biological military working dogs.

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bskyU.S. Military Clears Armed Robotic Dogs for Field Evaluationarmedforces.press

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Those cute, trade show robotic dogs are getting teeth and being trained to bite

Get ready for kinetic steel, thunder, and bark on four robotic legs.

These new military grade dogs will be very useful in urban and field settings while biological K-9

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Autonomy and AI are making broad advances. Those cute, trade show robotic dogs are getting teeth and being trained to bite

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