"Efficiency is higher": A group of robots "Marker" was tested in autonomous mode

The development of the robotic platform "Marker" continues, the designers have entered the stage of field testing of the group robotsoperating in a single unit without the participation of operators.

Several Marker robots, united into an autonomous group, were tested in Russia. According to a source in the Russian defense industry, five platforms were involved, two of which were tracked and three were wheeled. As part of the test, they independently, without human participation, moved into positions, spotted targets, distributed them among themselves, gave target designation, etc.

The tests were recognized as successful, the next stage is planned to test "Markers" with the involvement of reconnaissance drones.

When we have a group of scattered robots, then this is just a set of machines (...) As soon as we combine them into a group, then the efficiency of this group becomes higher than the sum of the efficiency of its constituent elements

- leads RIA News source words.

In early October, it was reported that the Marker robotic platform had been tested as a security system at the Vostochny cosmodrome. The "Marker" platform can work both autonomously and under the control of an operator.

The beginning of tests of the robotic platform "Marker", created jointly by the Foundation for Advanced Research and NPO "Android Technology", was announced in early March 2019. The platform is designed in a modular fashion. The ultimate goal of the Marker project is to create a fully autonomous complex capable of independently performing a wide range of tasks.

Comments

[Alexey Sommer]

The era of the battle of robots is getting closer and closer.
Incidentally, a land-based autonomous robot is much more difficult to create than an airborne one in terms of developing AI for it.

[Civil]

Quote: Alexey Sommer

The era of the battle of robots is getting closer and closer.
Incidentally, a land-based autonomous robot is much more difficult to create than an airborne one in terms of developing AI for it.

Yes, already how many talked about it. But the conquest of air, and over a specific section of the battlefield, is still more important. For example, over an intersection in a village, at altitudes up to 100 meters, where there will be swarms of small UAVs, this is a non-trivial task - covering for robotic armored vehicles, where it is impossible to use conventional army aviation due to the proximity of positions.

[Alexey Sommer]

Quote: Civil

But the conquest of air, and over a specific section of the battlefield, is still more important.

I do not argue.
But I mean that if they made an autonomous land, then the air ones probably also already exist autonomously. The terrestrial environment is not homogeneous. It has trees, bushes, houses, and so on. Because of this, it is much more difficult for machine analysis (artificial intelligence) than, say, air, or water.

[Civil]

It has trees, bushes, houses, and so on. Because of this, it is much more difficult for machine analysis (artificial intelligence) than, say, air, or water.

This is where the question of expediency arises. If the air is lost, all these boxes become useless.

[riwas]

There is one more poverty in the use of robots. This is the adjustment of artillery fire, the guidance of guided weapons, including loitering ammunition, and the function of an air-gunner.

[Civil]

Quote: riwas

There is one more poverty in the use of robots. This is the adjustment of artillery fire, the guidance of guided weapons, including loitering ammunition, and the function of an air-gunner.

"Cannon robotic fodder" - reconnaissance in force and pressure on positions as well. Maybe even the main purpose.

[Fungus]

In the future, robots will replace humans on the battlefield. It's unavoidable.

[mitroha]

Until the robots run out ... This is also inevitable. For under DB conditions, production plants will be among the prerogative targets

[Ramadan]

"In the future, robots will replace humans on the battlefield. This is inevitable."
Perhaps, but not 100%. Something like MTR will remain, because AI is not yet capable of making non-standard decisions.

[Errr]

Quote: Ramazan

AI is not yet capable of making non-standard decisions.

Which, in general, is also not bad, because in this case, according to Otto von Bismarck:

For each of your military cunning, they will respond with unpredictable stupidity.

Long live Russian combat robotics! Hurray, comrades ...

[Nikolaevich I]

What will happen now ?! First, so ....

And then something like that?

[Yrec]

"Wolf pack" is a logical step. I would like to see the tests.

[bar]

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