Taiwan Shows Robot Patrol Dogs for South China Sea Islands
The prototypes include reconnaissance, LiDAR mapping and combat variants, and the institute says they could reduce personnel exposure in dangerous missions.
- On Tuesday, The National Chung-Shan Institute unveiled three robot patrol dogs in Taipei designed to monitor Taiwan's strategically vital islands in the disputed South China Sea.
- Taiwan is modernizing armed forces to deter Beijing, while facing increasing Chinese coast guard patrols near the Pratas Islands in the contested region.
- These models, based on the Vision 60 platform from Ghost Robotics, weigh about 52.4 kilograms and operate in temperatures ranging from minus 40 degrees Celsius to 55 degrees Celsius.
- The three variants feature LiDAR for 3D mapping and a remote-controlled weapon station for strike missions; units network to coordinate operations and reduce personnel exposure to danger.
- Jen Kuo-kuang, head of the Missile and Rocket Systems Research Division, confirmed military interest in the robots, though no formal order has been placed yet.
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Taiwan’s military shows off robot patrol dogs
Taiwan’s military showed three different types of robot patrol dogs at a media event on Tuesday and suggested they could be used in Taiwan and on islands controlled by Taipei in the disputed South China Sea. CNN’s Will Ripley reports.
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Taiwan’s top military research institute demonstrated three robot dog variants built on a U.S.-made platform, turning into public view a capability area that the defense ministry had already identified to lawmakers as part of its push to apply emerging technologies to asymmetric warfare. The National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, or NCSIST, displayed the systems at the Ministry of National Defense in Taipei on June 2. The minis…
Taiwan shows off robot patrol dogs that could guard its South China Sea islands
A military research institute demonstrated three versions of a four-legged robot, one of them armed, for possible duty on remote outposts the coast guard struggles to staff. Taiwan’s main weapons-development institute put three robot dogs through their paces on Monday, presenting them as a possible answer to a hard problem: how to keep watch over […] This story continues at The Next Web
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