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A squad of Ukrainian “kamikaze ground robots” airdropped behind enemy lines have taken out 3,000 Russian soldiers and reclaimed 48 square miles of occupied territory in Donetsk, officials announced. The secretive mission, dubbed “Operation Vivaldi,” began in May and wrapped up last week, when the Third Army Corps of the Ukraine’s Armed Forces made details of the feat public. “An historic moment,” it boasted on Telegram Thursday. “The Third Army Corps has begun a new stage of the war with the landing of ground robots.” The operation recaptured five villages and three settlements in the contested region of Donetsk in...

IDF considering replacements for heavy Merkava tank By YAAKOV KATZ 14/07/2011 IDF is continuing to deploy the Guardium unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) – developed by G-NIUS Ground Systems – along the Gaza border. What will the IDF Armored Corps look like in 2020? Will the Merkava Mk 4 tank still serve as the backbone of the IDF’s ground forces or will we see a smaller, lightweight tank, possibly on wheels, plowing through the battlefield? These questions are at the core of ongoing deliberations that are being held in the IDF and Defense Ministry as they begin to consider a potential...

The US army has announced that it will introduce robot soldiers into combat operations in Iraq this spring. The robo-soldiers cost $200,000 each and are operated by remote control. Christen Thomson reports. Click the "source URL" to watch the video.

The U.S. Army is sending 150 UGVs (unmanned ground vehicles) to Iraqi in the next three months. The UGVs (PackBot, Talon, Mini-Andros, Matilda and Vanguard), from five different manufacturers, are small, remotely controlled vehicles used to check out, and disable, bombs and booby traps. Most (75-90 percent) of the roadside bombs used against coalition forces in Iraq are being discovered. But then you have to do something with them. Often, it's a false alarm. By having plenty of UGVs around, the quick reaction forces or EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) units can get to the scene quickly and clear the situation...