{"id":530013,"date":"2022-12-21T19:42:06","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T16:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ukraine-has-become-the-worlds-testing-ground-for-military-robots\/"},"modified":"2022-12-21T19:42:06","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T16:42:06","slug":"ukraine-has-become-the-worlds-testing-ground-for-military-robots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ukraine-has-become-the-worlds-testing-ground-for-military-robots\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ukraine has become the world\u2019s testing ground for military robots"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26e0e175a86\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26e0e175a86\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ukraine-has-become-the-worlds-testing-ground-for-military-robots\/#%E2%80%9CUkraine_has_become_the_worlds_testing_ground_for_military_robots%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Ukraine has become the world\u2019s testing ground for military robots&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ukraine-has-become-the-worlds-testing-ground-for-military-robots\/#Uncrewed_versus_autonomous\" >Uncrewed versus autonomous<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ukraine-has-become-the-worlds-testing-ground-for-military-robots\/#Greetings_humanoids\" >Greetings, humanoids<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ukraine-has-become-the-worlds-testing-ground-for-military-robots\/#A_developmental_crucible\" >A developmental crucible<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ukraine-has-become-the-worlds-testing-ground-for-military-robots\/#On-the-job_training\" >On-the-job training<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ukraine-has-become-the-worlds-testing-ground-for-military-robots\/#An_eye_toward_the_future\" >An eye toward the future<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CUkraine_has_become_the_worlds_testing_ground_for_military_robots%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Ukraine has become the world\u2019s testing ground for military robots&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n                            <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The war in Ukraine has become the largest testing ground for artificial intelligence-powered autonomous and uncrewed vehicles in history. While the use of military robots is nothing new \u2014 World War II saw the birth of remote-controlled war machines and the US has deployed fully-autonomous assault drones as recently as 2020 \u2014 what we\u2019re seeing in Ukraine is the proliferation of a new class of combat vehicle.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This article discusses the \u201ckiller robot\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> being used by both sides in the Russian war on Ukraine. Our main takeaway is that the \u201ckiller\u201d part of \u201ckiller robots\u201d doesn\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ly here. Read on to find out why.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Uncrewed_versus_autonomous\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uncrewed versus autonomous<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This war represents the first usage of the modern class of uncrewed vehicles and automated weapons platforms in a protracted invasion involving forces with relatively similar tech. While Russia\u2019s military appears, on paper, to be superior to Ukraine\u2019s, the two sides have fielded forces with similar capabilities. Compared to forces Russia faced during its involvement in the Syrian civil war or, for example, those faced by the US during the Iraq and Afghanistan engagements, what\u2019s happening on the ground in Ukraine right now demonstrates a more paralleled engagement theater.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper neural channel-cta hs-embed-tnw\">\n<div id=\"hs-embed-tnw\" class=\"channel-cta-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"channel-cta-img\"><img class=\"js-lazy\" https:=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/src=\" https:=\"\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"channel-cta-input\">\n<h2 class=\"channel-cta-title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Greetings_humanoids\"><\/span>Greetings, humanoids<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"channel-cta-tagline\">Subscribe to our <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>letter now for a weekly recap of our favorite AI stories in your inbox.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s important, however, to mention that this is not a war being fought by machines. It\u2019s unlikely that autonomous or uncrewed weapons and vehicles will have much impact in the war, simply because they\u2019re untested and, currently, unreliable.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uncrewed vehicles and autonomous vehicles aren\u2019t necessarily the same thing. While almost all autonomous vehicles \u2014 those which can operate without human intervention \u2014 are uncrewed, many uncrewed vehicles can only be operated remotely by humans. Perhaps most importantly, many of these vehicles have never been tested in combat. This means that they\u2019re more likely to be used in \u201csupport\u201d roles than as autonomous combat vehicles, even if that\u2019s what they were designed to do.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But, before we get into the how\u2019s and why\u2019s behind the usage of military robots in modern warfare, we need to explain what kind of vehicles are currently in use. There are no \u201ckiller robots\u201d in warfare. That\u2019s a catch-all term used to describe military vehicles both autonomous and uncrewed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These include uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs), uncrewed ground vehicles (UGVs), and uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs, another term for uncrewed maritime or water-based vehicles).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, the first question we have to answer is: why not just turn the robots into killers and let them fight the war for us? You might be surprised to learn that the answer has very little to do with regulations or rules regarding the use of \u201ckiller robots.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To put it simply: militaries have better things to do with their robots than just sending fire downrange. That doesn\u2019t mean they won\u2019t be tested that way, there\u2019s already <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/320b555e-bbf6-4cec-8873-f82904ca0334\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">evidence that\u2019s happened<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1393164 size-full js-lazy\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1079\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" https:=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsUSV.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsUSV-280x189.jpg 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsUSV-200x135.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsUSV-400x270.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsUSV-1536x1036.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsUSV-796x537.jpg 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsUSV-1592x1074.jpg 1592w\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Fneural%2F2022%2F12%2F21%2Fukraine-has-become-worlds-testing-ground-for-military-robots%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: A British \u201cHarrier\u201d USV, credit: Wikicommons\" data-title=\"Share A British \u201cHarrier\u201d USV, credit: Wikicommons on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share A British \u201cHarrier\u201d USV, credit: Wikicommons on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>A British \u201cHarrier\u201d USV, credit: Wikicommons<\/figcaption><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1393164 size-full\" https:=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsUSV.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsUSV-280x189.jpg 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsUSV-200x135.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsUSV-400x270.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsUSV-1536x1036.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsUSV-796x537.jpg 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsUSV-1592x1074.jpg 1592w\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, we\u2019ve seen all that before. The use of \u201ckiller robots\u201d in warfare is old hat now. The US deployed drones in Iraq and Afghanistan and, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as we reported here at TNW<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it even sent a Predator drone to autonomously assassinate an Iranian <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What\u2019s different in this war is the proliferation of UAVs and UGVs in combat support roles. We\u2019ve seen drones and autonomous land vehicles in war before, but never at this scale. Both forces are using uncrewed vehicles to perform tasks that, traditionally, either couldn\u2019t be done or require extra humanpower. It does also bear mentioning that they\u2019re using gear that\u2019s relatively untested, which explains why we\u2019re not seeing either country deploying these units enmasse.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_developmental_crucible\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A developmental crucible<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Developing wartime technology is a tricky gambit. Despite the best assurances of the manufacturers, there\u2019s simply no way to know what could possibly go wrong until a given tech sees actual field use.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the Vietnam war, we saw a prime example of this paradigm in <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Misfire-Tragic-Failure-M16-Vietnam\/dp\/0811737969#:~:text=The%20ammunition%20that%20accompanied%20the,the%20words%20of%20one%20officer.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the debut of the M-16 rifle<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It was supposed to replace the trusty old M-14. But, as the first soldiers to use the new weapon tragically found out, it wasn\u2019t suitable for use in the jungle environment without modifications to its design and special training for the soldiers who\u2019d use it. A lot of soldiers died as a result.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1393165 size-full js-lazy\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1086\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" https:=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsm16.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsm16-280x190.jpg 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsm16-199x135.jpg 199w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsm16-398x270.jpg 398w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsm16-1536x1043.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsm16-796x540.jpg 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsm16-1592x1081.jpg 1592w\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Fneural%2F2022%2F12%2F21%2Fukraine-has-become-worlds-testing-ground-for-military-robots%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: A US Marine cleaning their M16 during the US-Vietnam War, credit: Wikicommons\" data-title=\"Share A US Marine cleaning their M16 during the US-Vietnam War, credit: Wikicommons on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share A US Marine cleaning their M16 during the US-Vietnam War, credit: Wikicommons on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>A US Marine cleaning their M16 during the US-Vietnam War, credit: Wikicommons<\/figcaption><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1393165 size-full\" https:=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsm16.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsm16-280x190.jpg 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsm16-199x135.jpg 199w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsm16-398x270.jpg 398w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsm16-1536x1043.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsm16-796x540.jpg 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsm16-1592x1081.jpg 1592w\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s one of the many reasons why a number of nations who\u2019ve so far refused any direct involvement in the war are eager to send cutting-edge robots and weapons to the Ukrainian government in hopes of testing out their tech\u2019s capabilities without risking their own soldiers\u2019 skin.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TNW spoke with Alex Stronell, a Land Platforms Analyst and UGV lead at <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.janes.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Janes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the defense intelligence provider. They explained that one of the more interesting things to note about the use of UGVs, in particular, in the war in Ukraine, is the absence of certain designs we might have otherwise expected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFor example, an awful lot of attention has been paid inside and outside of Russia to the <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.army-technology.com\/projects\/uran-9-unmanned-ground-combat-vehicle\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uran-9<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2026 It certainly looks like a menacing vehicle, and it has been touted as the world\u2019s most advanced combat UGV,\u201d Stronell told us, before adding \u201chowever, I have not seen any evidence that the Russians have used the Uran-9 in Ukraine, and this could be because it still requires further development.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=saxYQj4Tzvc\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uran-9 armed combat robot UGV Unmanned Ground Vehicle Rosboronexport Russia Russian Defense Industry \u2013 YouTube<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other side, Stronell previously wrote that Ukrainian forces will soon wield the world\u2019s largest complement of THeMIS UGVs (see the video below). That\u2019s exceptional when you consider that the nation\u2019s arsenal is mostly lend-leased from other countries.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/milremrobotics.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Milrem<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the company that makes the THeMIS UGV, <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/milremrobotics.com\/milrem-robotics-to-deliver-14-themis-ugvs-to-ukraine-in-cooperation-with-kmw\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recently announced<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the German Ministry of Defence ordered 14 of its vehicles to be sent to the Ukrainian forces for im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>te use. According to Stronell, these vehicles will not be armed. They\u2019re equipped for casualty evacuation, and for finding and removing landmines and similar devices.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cYZayRZRK8w\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Milrem Robotics\u2019 THeMIS UGVs used in a live-fire manned-unmanned teaming exercise \u2013 YouTube<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But it\u2019s also safe to say that the troops on the ground will find other uses for them. As anyone who\u2019s ever deployed to a combat zone can tell you, space is at a premium and there\u2019s no point in bringing more than you can carry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The THeMIS, however, is outfitted with Milrem\u2019s \u201cIntelligence Function Kit,\u201d which includes the \u201cfollow me\u201d ability. This means that it would make for an excellent battle mule to haul ammo and other gear. And there\u2019s certainly nothing stopping anyone from rekitting the THeMIS with combat modules or simply strapping a homemade autonomous weapon system to the top of it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SnTqK8JRi0k\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">D.I.Y. Scrap Metal Auto-Turret (RaspberryPi Auto-Tracking Airsoft Sentry?!) \u2013 YouTube<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"On-the-job_training\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On-the-job training<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As much as the world fears the dawning of the age of killer robots in warfare, the current technology just simply isn\u2019t there yet. Stronell waved off the idea that a dozen or so UGVs could, for example, be outfitted as killer guard robots that could be deployed in the defense of strategic points. Instead, he described a hybrid human\/machine paradigm referred to as \u201cmanned-unmanned teaming, or M-UMT,\u201d where-in, as described above, unmounted infantry address the battlefield with machine support.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the time since the M-16 was mass-adopted during an ongoing conflict, the world\u2019s militaries have refined the methodology they use to deploy new technologies. Currently, the Ukraine conflict is teaching us that autonomous vehicles are useful in support roles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The simple fact of the matter is that we\u2019re already exceptionally good at killing each other when it comes to war. And it\u2019s still cheaper to train a human to do everything a soldier needs to do than it is to build massive weapons platforms for every bullet we want to send downrange. The actual military need for \u201ckiller robots\u201d is likely much lower than the average civilian might expect.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, AI\u2019s gifts when it comes to finding needles in haystacks, for example, make it the perfect recon unit, but soldiers have to do a lot more than just identify the enemy and pull a trigger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, that\u2019s something that will surely change as AI technology matures. Which is why, Stronell told us, other European countries are either currently in the process of adopting autonomous weaponry or already have.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the Netherlands, for example, the Royal Army has <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.janes.com\/defence-news\/royal-netherlands-army-commences-armed-robot-trials-in-first-among-western-militaries\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">engaged in training ops in Lithuania<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to test their own complement of THeMIS units in what they\u2019re referring to as a \u201cpseudo-operational\u201d theater. Due to the closeness of the war in Ukraine and its ongoing nature, nearby nations are able to run analogous military training operations based on up-to-the-minute intel of the ongoing conflict. In essence, the rest of Europe\u2019s watching what Ukraine and Russia do with their robots and simulating the war at home.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1393166 size-full js-lazy\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" https:=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsnetherlands.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsnetherlands-280x179.jpg 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsnetherlands-211x135.jpg 211w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsnetherlands-422x270.jpg 422w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsnetherlands-1536x983.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsnetherlands-796x509.jpg 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsnetherlands-1592x1019.jpg 1592w\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Fneural%2F2022%2F12%2F21%2Fukraine-has-become-worlds-testing-ground-for-military-robots%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: Soldiers in the Netherlands Royal Army in front of a Netherlands Royal Air Force AH-64 Apache helicopter, credit: Wikicommons\" data-title=\"Share Soldiers in the Netherlands Royal Army in front of a Netherlands Royal Air Force AH-64 Apache helicopter, credit: Wikicommons on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share Soldiers in the Netherlands Royal Army in front of a Netherlands Royal Air Force AH-64 Apache helicopter, credit: Wikicommons on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>Soldiers in the Netherlands Royal Army in front of a Netherlands Royal Air Force AH-64 Apache helicopter, credit: Wikicommons<\/figcaption><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1393166 size-full\" https:=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsnetherlands.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsnetherlands-280x179.jpg 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsnetherlands-211x135.jpg 211w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsnetherlands-422x270.jpg 422w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsnetherlands-1536x983.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsnetherlands-796x509.jpg 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/wikicommonsnetherlands-1592x1019.jpg 1592w\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This represents an intel bonanza for the related technologies and there\u2019s no telling how much this period of warfare will advance things. We could see innumerable breakthroughs in both military and civilian artificial intelligence technology as the lessons learned from this war begin to filter out.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To illustrate this point, it bears mention that Russia\u2019s put out <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/eurasiantimes.com\/russia-offers-reward-of-1-million-rubles-to-anyone-who-captures\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a one million ruble bounty<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (about \u20ac15,000) to anyone who captures a Milrem THeMIS unit from the battlefield in Ukraine. These types of bounties aren\u2019t exactly unusual during war times, but the fact that this particular one was so publicized is a testament to how desperate Russia is to get its hands on the technology.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"An_eye_toward_the_future\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An eye toward the future<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s clear that not only is the war in Ukraine not a place where we\u2019ll see \u201ckiller robots\u201d deployed enmasse to overwhelm their fragile, human, enemy soldier counterparts, but that such a scenario is highly unlikely in any form of modern warfare.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, when it comes to augmenting our current forces with UGVs or replacing crewed aerial and surface recon vehicles with robots, <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingdefense.com\/2022\/02\/navy-leaders-excited-by-pentagons-new-ai-and-data-efforts\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">military leaders are excited<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> about AI\u2019s potential usefulness. And what we\u2019re seeing right now in the war in Ukraine is the most likely path forward for the technology.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s not to say that the world shouldn\u2019t be worried about killer robots or their development and proliferation through wartime usage. We absolutely should be worried, because Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine has almost certainly lowered the world\u2019s inhibitions surrounding the development of autonomous weapons.\u00a0<\/span>\n                        <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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