Posted on 11/21/2020 11:17:51 AM PST by RomanSoldier19
Personnel will have the ability to "drive" the "computerized canines" using virtual reality headsets, according to the US Air Force.
For the last year, the 325th Security Forces Squadron and Tyndall Air Force Base have worked with Ghost Robotics on a project to "enhance security and safety for the base population," according to a US Air Force press release. To accomplish this, Tyndall will incorporate a series of "semi-autonomous robot dogs" into patrol regiments, becoming "one of the first" Air Force bases to implement such technologies.
On Tuesday, a demonstration at the Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida illustrated the capabilities of a series of semi-autonomous robots that will be used for base operations. Maj. Jordan Criss, 325th Security Forces Squadron commander, attended the demonstration.
"We are very excited," Criss said in the release. "We are the first unit within the Department of Defense to use this technology for enhanced security patrolling operations."
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It may be a robot but it will never be a dog.
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