Unmanned Combat Ground Vehicle
- Thread starter rhino123
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I hate robot dog...
That looks very stable compared to those civilian modification.
@tankphobia I believe you were saying this was impossible? That stability is pretty amazing now.
Notice that they never show them hitting anything, I didn't say that it is impossible, just impractical.
The only way that robodog is aiming is via moving its legs, which would be a nightmare on anything but perfectly flat land.
Can you not envision a wheeled/tracked ugv doing the exact same thing but cheaper, more heavily armed and better protected?
The only battlefield where robot dogs are envisioned to be useful is also terrain that is not suitable for tracked vehicles, if it can't aim accurately in such terrain, whats the use?
I can definitely envision it aiming without issue given that the quadruped platform. Not to mention, the quadruped can allow it significantly greater gun depression angles compared to a tracked, wheeled platform. It also allows it to pop up, shoot and drop down into cover quickly.
In the battlefield people would be crawling, going prone, ducking, bending over while running a lot more common. So the dog could be hitting something significant at that hight.
If you look at the dog rising to shoot then ducking again it is not that much different from an actual human popping up to shoot then ducking down again. Imagine the dog behind sandbags, in shallow trenches or guarding passageways.
The dog could even be shooting through view holes in sandbags overlooking choke points.
A track and wheeled platform can be better armored, turreted and last much longer on mission since it's not constantly fighting gravity.
You overestimate the development of robotics...
The real threat will be a 500 watt laser mounted on a robot dog or drone, A.I guided to automatically zap hostiles in the eye, only a tiny fraction of a second needed to blind someone, no recoil and no need for ammo other then energy.