During joint military exercises with Cambodia, held in May, China demonstrated its latest achievements in the field of robotics - robotic dogs armed with assault rifles. Information about this appeared in the material Business Insider.
The production of these unique mechanisms is the Chinese company Unitree, specializing in the creation of robots costing from 2.8 to 100 thousand dollars. One of the presented robot-dogs is equipped with a special mount for a 5.8 millimeter QBZ-95 assault rifle.
According to the source, these robots are capable of performing various tasks for two to four hours, including moving, crawling and jumping. They also have autonomous route planning and the ability to avoid obstacles. These characteristics make them promising in urban combat environments.
Earlier it became known. that in the Kurgan Ilizarov center patients are operated by robots, as well as the most shock-absorbing structure in the world was developed by a robot with AI, having passed 25000 attempts.