4. Military Robots Military Robots are used whenever an operation is to dangerous for a human or to help humans gain the upper hand in war, such as bomb/explosive disposal (ACER) , carrying equipment (BigDog), destroying enemy vehicles (Goliath), flying planes (nEURON [not fully operational]), information gathering (Dragon Runner). Robots have been used for military applications for many years, they were even used in World War 2. Dragon Runner is light enough to be carried in a soldiers pack. A picture of captured Goliaths from WW2
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7. Military Robots Powered exoskeletons or power armour are being explored for military purposes, they are robots because they must react to the users needs. The armour must adapt to the users needs, AI (artificial intelligence) is trying to achieve this. Mechs are giant mechanical robots often in a humanlike form. Mechs have appeared in many games and movies and many companies are trying to build an operational mechs. Contains many elements of a robot