Robots

[KevinB]

What is being gained?

Perception is reality…

 

[Kirkhill]

Canadian ground robot survives Atlantic drop, crawls back to shore

Rheinmetall’s Mission Master 2.0 UGV completed its first sea-to-shore run during NATO’s REPMUS exercise in Portugal.

interestingengineering.com

So the Rheinmetall Argo Mission Master is now amphibious. It can be dropped over the side, find its way to shore and crawl up the beach.

Sounds like a neat SAR/MAJAID capability.

 

[Kirkhill]

In the 1980s the 7th Infantry Division was designated a Light division and equipped with dune-buggies, Chenoweths IIRC.
Now it seems that somebody figures a similar stripped down platform makes a valid base for an AI RWS turret. it would retain a "man-in-the-loop".

U.S. companies unite to bring AI targeting to future combat vehicles – Defence Blog

defence-blog.com

Question: What fitness level is required of the person operating/controlling/supervising such a system?

 

[Kirkhill]

Dirty, scarred, battered and bruised.

11 months on the BMW line
30,000 vehicles,
90,000 sheet metal parts
1250 hours of run time
200 miles covered in the factory


Their primary task involved lifting sheet-metal parts from bins and placing them on welding fixtures with a 5-millimeter tolerance. After placement, traditional robotic arms performed the welding. The humanoids handled metal loading with a cycle time of 84 seconds, including 37 seconds for the load. Accuracy stayed above 99 percent, the firm stated in the press release.

Figure humanoid robots retire bruised after 11 months of work at BMW

Figure AI has retired its Figure 02 humanoid robots after an 11-month industrial run inside BMW’s Spartanburg plant.

interestingengineering.com

 

[Kirkhill]

Ukrainians make a new truck drone that drives up to battlefield with remote .50 caliber turret.

A Ukrainian firm has combined its ground drone with a remotely piloted M2 Browning turret to make a lethal truck that can be operated from afar.

www.businessinsider.com

Desert Rats without Troy

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[Ludoc]

30,000 vehicles,
90,000 sheet metal parts

Their primary task involved lifting sheet-metal parts from bins and placing them on welding fixtures with a 5-millimeter tolerance. ... Accuracy stayed above 99 percent, the firm stated in the press release.

So, ~900 (90,000 x 1%) of these parts were placed more than 5mm out of spec? That sounds more like Cyber Truck build quality than BMW.

 

[Kirkhill]

So, ~900 (90,000 x 1%) of these parts were placed more than 5mm out of spec? That sounds more like Cyber Truck build quality than BMW.

I got the impression they were loading machines and piling pallets with 5mm accuracy, not doing final fits.

Could be wrong.

Given that they were battered and bruised like me after a shift I am assuming grunt work.

 

[Kirkhill]

Ukrainian builder of fronline UxVs

Autonomy isn't there yet. It is necessary and it is coming but it isn't here yet. Overhyped.

Ukrainian robotics company says autonomy in defense is overhyped — but it's also past the point of no return

Defense forces "want a hundred percent reliability and the AI is just not there," Ark Robotics' founder and CEO told Business Insider.

www.businessinsider.com

Remote control, yes. Autonomy, no.

 

[Kirkhill]

I don't think we are here yet but some folks obviously do....

In Two Years 50,000 ‘Battle Droids’ May Replace Some of US Army Servicemen | Defense Express

While on the real battlefield, unmanned ground vehicles have become actively distributed this year, and we are talking mainly about logistical platforms, in the US they dream of full-fledged combat humanoid robot, which will replace the military and will even be able to hold an automatic rifle...

en.defence-ua.com