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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRobot Dogs Can Now Have Assault Rifles Mounted On Their Backs
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https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/42717/robot-dogs-can-now-have-6-5mm-assault-rifles-mounted-on-their-backs
Ghost Robotics and SWORD International have teamed up to create a rifle-toting "robot dog." Called the Special Purpose Unmanned Rifle, or SPUR, the system adds a 6.5mm Creedmoor rifle from SWORD to one of Ghost Robotics' quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicles, or Q-UGVs.
The SPUR made its debut on the show floor at the Association of the U.S. Army's main annual convention in Washington, D.C., which opened yesterday. Though Ghost Robotics is partnered with a number of other companies to explore defense and security applications, among others, for its Q-UGVs which you can read more about in this past War Zone feature this appears to be the first example of one of these unmanned systems with an actual weapon mounted on it. Unarmed examples of the Q-UGV are notably already in limited use with the U.S. Air Force's 325th Security Forces Squadron at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida and are being tested by other units within that service.
The exact configuration of the 6.5mm gun inside the SPUR module how much ammunition it contains, and how hard it might be to reload are all unclear. Ghost Robotics has said that SPUR can be instructed remotely to chamber the first round from an unloaded state, as well as clear the chamber and safe the gun.
In terms of the weapon itself, SWORD does offer derivatives of the 5.56x45mm AR-15/M16 family, as well as similar, but larger caliber guns, more akin to the Armalite AR-10 or Knights Armament Company SR-25. Those rifles come in calibers such as 7.62x51mm, 6.5mm Creedmoor, .300 Norma Magnum, .338 Lapua Magnum, and .338 Norma Magnum. The weapon used in the SPUR module looks like it could have a sound suppressor fitted to the front end, which could make it more difficult for opponents to determine where the shooting might be coming from.
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Robot Dogs Can Now Have Assault Rifles Mounted On Their Backs (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Oct 2021
OP
I Robot.........nuff said. Oh, not really, but damn, it's coming to that......and I don't like it.
a kennedy
Oct 2021
#8
Our military is recruiting video gamers. They are very good at remote controlling killing machines.
Midnight Writer
Oct 2021
#16
Liberty Belle
(9,535 posts)1. Call them armed quadriped robots, not dogs. Ugh.
These are definitely NOT man's best friend!
joetheman
(1,450 posts)2. But robots aren't "citizens" or are they? nt
Buns_of_Fire
(17,180 posts)3. "Sparky wants a Doggie Yum-Yum. NOW!!!" nt
Aristus
(66,380 posts)4. ...
Bayard
(22,075 posts)5. Looks like the big machine gun shooting robots in Robo Cop
Not liking this much.
Taylor Picker
(3,580 posts)15. ...and the "drone walkers" in the tv show Colony...
Set in a dystopian future during an alien occupation.
AZSkiffyGeek
(11,024 posts)6. Everyone thought they were cute 10 years ago...
Now were a step away from Robocop and Skynet
relayerbob
(6,544 posts)11. Those dancing robots are why the machines rebel
AZSkiffyGeek
(11,024 posts)12. I remember the emgineers beating them
Knocking them over
Kicking them
I know there will eventually be an uprising starting at Boston Labs
happybird
(4,608 posts)7. Now, there's a headline you don't see everyday
a kennedy
(29,663 posts)8. I Robot.........nuff said. Oh, not really, but damn, it's coming to that......and I don't like it.
MissB
(15,808 posts)9. Looks like some of the robot dogs on the new British war of the worlds series
Great. So glad we are developing these.
relayerbob
(6,544 posts)10. That's some seriously scary shit
hunter
(38,313 posts)13. Now the cops can work at home...
... without putting themselves in danger.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,504 posts)14. The Dogs of War. Where/how to use?
Against other dogs? Or humans?
Midnight Writer
(21,768 posts)16. Our military is recruiting video gamers. They are very good at remote controlling killing machines.