In pictures: electronic dogs in the US military to protect air bases
An electronic dog during use in the protection of an air base.
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The US military has begun using electronic (robotic) dogs to protect air bases, in a move that would shed light on what a future battlefield might look like.
Last week, the US military conducted training exercises in this regard, the largest of its kind in this field.
Four-legged electronic dogs set off from Air Force planes at an airport in the Mojave Desert, in what looks like a science fiction movie.
According to the scenario of the exercises, these dogs were launched from the US Air Force C-130 plane, to explore the threats on the airport grounds before the soldiers left the plane, in order to save their lives.
These electronic dogs are one of the components of what the US military calls the Advanced Battle Management System.
This system uses artificial intelligence and rapid data analytics to discover and combat threats to US military assets in space and potential attacks on the United States by missiles or other means.
On the future battlefield, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, Will Roper, says soldiers receive "an amazingly large body of information to evaluate, and to accomplish this they need to collect data and arrive at a conclusion in a nanosecond (one-thousandth of a millionth of a millionth)." Second) to fight effectively.
"Evaluating data as an essential resource for combat, as important as jet fuel or satellite, is key to the next generation of warfare," Roper said in an Air Force news release about advanced battle management system training.
The most recent advanced battle management system training, which took place from August 31 to September 3, involved every branch of the US military, including the Coast Guard, as well as dozens of teams from the war industry, and the exercises took place at 30 locations across the country.
Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada was one of those places, and this is where robotic dogs mingled with human soldiers.
"The dogs are giving us pictures of the area, while the soldiers are staying close to the plane," says Sgt. Lee Boston.
The manufacturer of these dogs, Ghost Robotic of Philadelphia, calls them "unmanned autonomous ground vehicles."
It can work in any terrain or environment while at the same time it is adaptable to carry a range of sensors and radios.
"The basic design of our four-legged robots is characterized by less mechanical complexity when compared to any other legged robots, even traditional vehicles on wheels," the company’s website says, adding, "By reducing complexity, durability, agility and endurance increases."
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