Israel’s General Robotics has demonstrated what it says is the world’s first operational armed robot, aimed at providing special forces and homeland security personnel an unmanned vehicle when confronting adversaries.
Defense News attended the live-fire demo of the DOGO tactical robot this month in central Israel.
The company’s CEO, Shahar Gal, said the idea of armed robots is controversial because of media depictions of “killer robots” like those in “RoboCop.” DOGO’s movements and weaponry, however, are controlled by a person using a hand-held, tablet-like device, rather than artificial intelligence.Read More…
