10 Ground Robots in Development and Testing for Military Applications

Russia assigns Uran-9 combat vehicles to first military unit

In April, Russia’s Defense Ministry announced that the Russian Army will establish the first military unit including strike robots, according to Tass. It will be “the first unit with strike robots will be set up in the Russian Armed Forces to operate five Uran-9 robotic systems or 20 combat vehicles,” said the ministry. The Uran-9 has been in development for at least the past five years and is produced by the 766th Production and Technological Enterprise. It has a 30mm automatic gun, anti-tank missiles, and flamethrowers.

The U.S. Department of Defense and militaries around the world are working to improve the endurance, usability, and autonomy of ground robots for explosive ordnance removal and other tasks.

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