These robot bombs and remote-control tanks almost made it to combat

These robot bombs and remote-control tanks almost made it to combat

As early as the Cold War, Uncle Sam was investing funds in robot research to explore how the technology could be an advantage against the Soviet Union. In most cases, robots were thought to be a means of spying and gathering information on the enemy, rather than being used as a robot bomb or any other kind of weapon. A significant amount of funds was spent on research between then and the 1980s, totaling more than $1 million. Meanwhile, there wa…