Air Force deploying creepy robot dogs to enhance security at military base in Florida
05/02/2021 / By Franz Walker
An Air Force base in Florida has deployed a pack of robot dogs to enhance security at the base.
For years, the Air Force has used a fleet of drones to conduct military operations. But the new Quad-legged Unmanned Ground Vehicles (Q-UGVs) deployed at Tyndall Air Force Base differ in that they move on four legs instead of wings.
According to the Air Force, the 325th Security Forces Squadron uses semi-autonomous robot dogs, alongside flesh-and-blood dogs, as an added layer of protection on base. The robot dogs, one of many innovation-based initiatives at Tyndall AFB, are the first of their kind to be integrated onto a military installation.
“As a mobile sensor platform, the Q-UGVs will significantly increase situational awareness for defenders,” says Mark Shackley, Tyndall AFB Program Management Office security forces program manager. “They can patrol the remote areas of a base while defenders can continue to patrol and monitor other critical areas of an installation.”
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