Army Tests Autonomous Robots That Hunt Enemy Targets Authored by Austin Campbell and Nicholas Slayton via Task & Purpose , Four robotic vehicles were sent hunting for enemy targets during a military demonstration at Fort Knox, Kentucky , recently, but only one initially moved.
Guided by satellite imagery, the unmanned vehicle climbed a hill, scanning the surrounding terrain while the other three waited behind. Halfway up, it spotted a potential target and abruptly stopped. Two other robotic vehicles advanced to provide support before a simulated rocket strike hit a target roughly 300 yards away.
Autonomous off-road vehicles capable of hunting enemy targets might sound like something out of the "Terminator" franchise, but the Oct. 15 demonstration offered a glimpse of how the technology could work on a modern battlefield . The four experimental vehicles were developed under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's RACER program, which aims to give unmanned ground vehicles the abi