Posted on Jun 9, 2015
What possible tactical advanages do you see in Russia's new android?
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"Russian media are reporting their country’s advanced military projects arm has built a combat android controlled by a remote human user.
Andrey Grigoryev, director-general of the Advanced Research Projects Foundation (ARF), told RIA-Novosti:
"A combat robot-android, that resembles a human in appearance, by the end of the year will be able to run, cross a barrier line and perform other actions, according to our plans."
ARF is the Russian reply to DARPA, the Pentagon’s hi-tech development agency in the US responsible for futuristic battlefield concepts like a robotic cheetah and self-guided bullets.
According to RT, Russian President Vladimir Putin first saw the combat android back in January and described it as a “scene from a science-fiction film."
It will be controlled via new brain-computer interface technology, which apparently does exactly what you might think it would – allow a human brain to control technology remotely.
While the ARF claims its android will be up and running by the end of the year, they say it isn’t designed to “run around with a rifle”. They already have autonomous tracked and wheeled platforms that can do that much better."
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com.au/russia-has-a-combat-android-that-will-run-like-a-human-within-months-2015-6#ixzz3cbTDLENBhttp://http://www.businessinsider.com/russias-futuristic-combat-android-will-run-like-a-human-within-months-2015-6
Andrey Grigoryev, director-general of the Advanced Research Projects Foundation (ARF), told RIA-Novosti:
"A combat robot-android, that resembles a human in appearance, by the end of the year will be able to run, cross a barrier line and perform other actions, according to our plans."
ARF is the Russian reply to DARPA, the Pentagon’s hi-tech development agency in the US responsible for futuristic battlefield concepts like a robotic cheetah and self-guided bullets.
According to RT, Russian President Vladimir Putin first saw the combat android back in January and described it as a “scene from a science-fiction film."
It will be controlled via new brain-computer interface technology, which apparently does exactly what you might think it would – allow a human brain to control technology remotely.
While the ARF claims its android will be up and running by the end of the year, they say it isn’t designed to “run around with a rifle”. They already have autonomous tracked and wheeled platforms that can do that much better."
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com.au/russia-has-a-combat-android-that-will-run-like-a-human-within-months-2015-6#ixzz3cbTDLENBhttp://http://www.businessinsider.com/russias-futuristic-combat-android-will-run-like-a-human-within-months-2015-6
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unless they are run by skynet, they look like expensive targets. at least the drones can fly away from harm. these guys are sitting on the ground.
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CPO Jon Campbell
It certainly is an unimpressive display. Having what looks like a dummy drive a 4 wheeler around really is a head scratcher.
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Just looking at the picture makes me wonder what kind of "combat" applications this thing would legitimately have. Terrain alone would challenge the mobility of this piece of crap
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Russia is so full of deception. I would rather look at what Japan had to offer.
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