Guns for Robodogs

October 13th, 2021

Via: Caitlin Johnstone:

At an exhibit booth in the Association of the United States Army’s annual meeting and exhibition, Ghost Robotics (the military-friendly competitor to the better-known Boston Dynamics) proudly showed off a weapon that is designed to attach to its quadruped bots made by a company called SWORD Defense Systems.

“The SWORD Defense Systems Special Purpose Unmanned Rifle (SPUR) was specifically designed to offer precision fire from unmanned platforms such as the Ghost Robotics Vision-60 quadruped,” SWORD proclaims on its website. “Chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor allows for precision fire out to 1200m, the SPUR can similarly utilize 7.62×51 NATO cartridge for ammunition availability. Due to its highly capable sensors the SPUR can operate in a magnitude of conditions, both day and night. The SWORD Defense Systems SPUR is the future of unmanned weapon systems, and that future is now.”

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One Response to “Guns for Robodogs”

  1. NH says:
    October 13, 2021 at 9:40 am

    Caitlin Johnstone:

    https://caitlinjohnstone.com/about/

    Another amazing voice to be listening for.

    I’ve always enjoyed SiFi movies, but the consistent portrayal of robotic weapons systems being less than totally accurate and devastating, has also always been hard to overlook.

    “precision fire out to 1200m” “can operate in a magnitude of conditions, both day and night”

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