Unmanned Combat Ground Vehicle
- Thread starter rhino123
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That’s super commonly done by the police, you see it on TV all the time. In fact it also mentions it in like the 4th sentence of the article.
From a read of the article this was the first time a robot dog from Boston dynamics was shot, and the sentence in question mentions that it operated in a team, not necessarily that this was previously done, nor did it say they were robot dogs.
Police sent in two other robots often used for bomb disposal into the house to find the suspect along with the robotic dog.
Although you are right, its more accurate to say this is the first recorded loss of a robot dog in combat via enemy gunfire.
Ah yes, I missed the "dog" part of your post
Also I kind of did infer that last bit.
That being said, other than the novelty of the dog form factor, I don't think it really says much.
by78
General
Some renders from Kestrel Defense that shows the company's robotic dog mounting a QJS-161 machine gun. Kestrel Defense says the dog can carry 200 rounds of ammo in this configuration.
Two videos of the actual robotic dog + one tracked UCGV also developed by Kestrel.
It probably has to do with weight restrictions of the RWS, servo motors, recoil force, etc.
More practical, not certain? It may require a larger platform whose components are more difficult to source, too large for the desired deployment concept etc. Certainly there will be a reduced effect/sustained effect from a magazine fed system, but it may meet the requirements of the system (i.e. primarily recce).
Anyways those are just my thoughts.
PiSigma
"the engineer"
They are sacrificial often for clearing buildings. One mag on a qbz95 is sufficient. In most cases it won't get to fire. Adding weight will also reduce operational time for the batteries.