In the not-so-distant future, hundreds of unmanned drones and on-the-ground rovers could swoop into an area of interest and spew crucial data to human military operators, researchers say.
Military experts say the aim is to transmit"critical insights to small ground units" from swarms of up to 250 collaborating autonomous robots.
Field experiments have been taking place every six months. Prior tests were conducted at Camp Roberts in California and the Selby Combined Arms Collective Training Facility in Georgia. Lieutenant colonel Phil Root, Squad X program manager, said last December:"We are in a race with potential adversaries toautonomy, and we have the opportunity to demonstrate autonomy in a way that we don't believe any nation in the world has demonstrated to date.
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