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Post by TsarSamuil on May 16, 2015 18:10:51 GMT -5
Russian battle robots shoot armored targets during field trials (VIDEO)
RT.com
May 15, 2015 01:13
Russian battle robots armed with machine-guns, cannons and anti-tank missile launchers have undergone successful field trials, destroying all designated targets – including armored vehicles – at a maximum range, according to military sources.
Russia has successfully tested the robotic systems of the Uran family in a complex exercise at Rayevsky testing range range in Novorossiysk on Thursday, defense sources told a number of Russian news agencies. As compared to previous trials which tested robots individually, this time remotely controlled robots operated together as a military unit.
The exercise included engineering reconnaissance and long-rage firing tests of machine guns and automatic cannons installed on a robotic chassis of Uran family, the source told Ria.
“At the final stage of the exercises, battle robots practiced destroying armored equipment using anti-tank guided missiles,” the source said, explaining that all systems were controlled from a remote secured command post.
“The combat robotic systems’ operators have successfully hit all designated targets,” the source added.
Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and General Staff Chief Valery Gerasimov as well as several other high-ranking military officials reportedly visited the trials.
Last year the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed its commitment to developing remote controlled and robotic military systems which by 2025 could replace up to a third of all military hardware. The ministry is due to unveil its range of ongoing robotic projects in an upcoming Army-2015 arms manufacture expo this June.
The expo will feature wide-ranging developments in arms production and will showcase around 5,000 different examples of Russian military engineering. Among the tried and trusted exhibits there will two other models of the Uran family – Uran-6 and Uran-14.
The Uran-14 multifunctional robotic vehicle is designed for extinguishing fires in life-threatening, hazardous environments and inaccessible areas. The system is operated by using remote-control technology and is designed to protect high risk industrial facilities. It is equipped with the latest fire-fighting technologies, and two storage containers for water and foam.
The Uran-6 is a remotely controlled mine-clearing robot. The latest technology showcases bulldozer blades and trawls that searches and neutralizes the mines on a dangerous terrain. The Uran-6 can handle explosives with a potential of up to 130lbs of TNT equivalent.
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Post by TsarSamuil on May 26, 2015 14:41:11 GMT -5
Russia’s First Avatar Robot May Be Created Within 10 Years.
MILITARY & INTELLIGENCE 18:19 26.05.2015
The first avatar robot may be created in Russia within the next 10 years, deputy head of the Russian Foundation for Advanced Research Projects Sergei Gabruk said Tuesday.
KAZAN (Sputnik) — "A wide range" of the organizations of Russia’s military-industrial complex are currently working on this project, Gabruk told RIA Novosti on the sidelines of an IT conference.
"I think it will be created within 10 years. Serious work is currently underway on creating anthropomorphic interfaces that would allow to immerse a person into a new reality, where the sensors and the moving system of a robot are being projected onto the sense organs and kinematics of a human being."
According to Gabruk, "an avatar – is a robot that to some extent merges with a human [operator], so that the human starts feeling himself [as if] in the body of this robot."
In March 2014, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said that the first prototype of the Russian avatar robot was expected to be ready for field testing in 2015.
According to Rogozin, an operator will be able to control the android through a sensor suit and a "virtual reality" helmet that provides stereoscopic vision.
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Post by TsarSamuil on Jul 21, 2015 6:26:27 GMT -5
Russia’s Platform-M combat robot on display in Sevastopol (VIDEO)
RT.com
20 Jul, 2015 16:22
The Russian Army has been showcasing state-of-the-art military equipment in the city of Sevastopol on the Crimean Peninsula, boasting its Platform-M combat robot which can be used both for patrolling and attacks.
Platform-M is a remote controlled robotic unit on a crawler, armed with grenade launchers and Kalashnikov rifles. It was revealed last summer during a Russian military drills near Kaliningrad.
According to its developer, Progress Scientific Research Technological Institute of Izhevsk, Platform-M can be used “for gathering intelligence, for discovering and eliminating stationary and mobile targets, for firepower support, for patrolling and for guarding important sites. The unit's weapons can be guided, it can carry out supportive tasks and it can destroy targets in automatic or semiautomatic control systems.”
It’s equipped with optical-electronic and radio reconnaissance locators, which enable the Russian robot to perform combat tasks during the night without unmasking itself. Platform-M is a universal platform that can be supplies “with a variety of defensive chassis and weaponry,” the developer added.
Sunday’s open-air expo, which gathered hundreds of spectators at the home of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, also included a wide range of weaponry from ‘Bastion’ air defense and anti-ship complex missile systems to sniper rifles and special ops naval guns.
The event which was also a promotion campaign saw over 1,500 people applying for contract service in the Russian military, according to Admiral Aleksandr Vitko, the Black Sea Fleet commander.
The Black Sea Fleet is meanwhile reducing the number of conscription troops with the aim of filling at least half of its contingent with highly-trained contract soldiers.
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Post by TsarSamuil on Aug 2, 2015 16:36:31 GMT -5
Russia develops 7-ton universal armored robotic platform. RT.com 2 Aug, 2015 09:00 A Russian crawling traction robotic system due to be trialed by the end of 2015 will be capable of being used in human-unfriendly environments, such as a battlefield, a nuclear fallout area, extreme polar night Arctic conditions or mine sweeping. The robotic platform, called URP-01G, will weigh up to 7 tons, depending on the equipment requirements and type of armor, with dimensions of about 3.5 meters long and less than 2 meters wide. The robot will carry up to 2 tons of hardware and have a maximum speed of 40 km/h. It will remain operable after a fall of up to 2 meters. The system is being developed by Russia’s Systemprom Concern, an integral part of the United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation. The producer promises that will be used in situations where human life is endangered, such as army scout-attack missions, police counter-terrorist operations, firefighting, post-accident clean-up after incidents at nuclear power plants, chemical and biological hazard reconnaissance, guard patrol functions and rescue operations. “We create several systems, said Aleksey Simulin, Systemprom’s Science and Technology department chief. “One of them is a universal robotic complex capable of carrying various types of working payload. Onboard the complex there will be a large variety of accessory sub-systems to maintain [electric] supply and control of the payload systems.” Having enough power and integrated command and control systems onboard the robotic platform, “we can turn this machine into virtually anything,” Simulin said, adding that the installed payload modules could be from different producers. The URP-01G robotic platform could be transformed into an radio-electronic warfare unit or a communication repeater, which means it could accommodate a high-capacity power supply system. The developer says that the initial range of the system will be 10 kilometers from its control center, but there are plans to turn it into an autonomous system with artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. “The machine is designed in such a way that it could be loaded into a military truck or could be airdropped,” Simulin said, adding that the company is developing the platform and plans to start factory tests by the end of this year. Another unique feature of URP-01G is its control system developed specifically for the platform. It functions without a “classic operating system,” such as Windows or Linux, and it loads to readiness in mere 1.5 seconds. All the platform’s control electronic components are produced in Russia, Simulin said, adding that the new know-how is likely to be used on other perspective Russian robotic platforms. For the Russian army, Systemprom is developing two variants of URP-01G, a battlefield one armed with a heavy machine gun and grenade launchers, and a scout version equipped with a small reconnaissance UAV. The exact appearance of the URP-01G platform remains classified. Over the last couple of years there have been presented a number of track-type battle robotic systems armed with small-arms weapons and anti-tank rocket launchers. Some of them, such as Platform-M and Uran, are being actively tested in the Russian army, yet there has been no official information about the number of units purchased by the Defense Ministry.  URP-01G © opkrt.ru |
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Post by TsarSamuil on Oct 6, 2015 15:59:59 GMT -5
Russia: Defence Ministry's Innovation Day shows off new military hardware.
Ruptly TV
Oct 5, 2015
The Russian Defence Ministry’s Innovation Day kicked-off at Kubinka outside Moscow on Monday. The day-long exhibition showcases the latest super-advanced military hardware, the results of long-term investment in research by the Defence Ministry.
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Post by TsarSamuil on Oct 20, 2015 16:29:17 GMT -5
Russian ‘Skynet’ to lead military robots on the battlefield.
RT.com
19 Oct, 2015 15:04
In a step towards creating independent artificial intelligence comparable to Skynet from the 'Terminator' franchise, a Russian company has successfully tested software capable of undertaking decisions and carrying them out without any human intervention.
The United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation (OPK), an integral part of the Rostec arms corporation, says it has developed the Unicum (Latin for 'the only one') software package that gives military or civilian robots enough artificial intelligence to perform complicated tasks completely on their own.
Powering a group of up to 10 robotic complexes, the Unicum artificial intelligence (AI) communicates and distributes ‘roles’ among the robots, chooses the ‘commander’ of the robotic task force and assigns combat mission to each individual machine.
It can locate targets, choose dominating positions on a battlefield, request target elimination validation from human operators and eliminate the targets. It is also capable of automatically requesting replacements for disabled machines.
“This is the first [AI] system of that quality that has successfully completed the tests and has been passed on to the client. The technology is being readied for installation on real life robotic systems, both civilian and in the military, including unmanned aerial vehicles,” OPK Deputy Director Sergey Skokov said.
“The software system has passed all the [governmental] commissions,” Skokov stressed.
The Unicum AI could be installed on any robotic system, no matter where it is used: on the ground, in the air or out at sea. It has the ability to act independently or in groups.
The developers claim their AI could exclude humans from taking part in the actions of robots altogether.
“With Unicum, the robots will be capable of executing tasks independently, to see and evaluate the situation, plotting new courses as well as communicating with other machines. In fact, this is yet another step to the creation of fully-fledged artificial intelligence, enabling mechanisms with nearly human capabilities,” Skokov said.
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Post by TsarSamuil on Jan 9, 2016 9:00:52 GMT -5
Universal Soldiers: Combat Robots to Join Russian Army in 2016.
Sputnik
RUSSIA 14:22 07.01.2016
Russia is rolling out a wide array of innovative robotic machines to optimize the performance of its armed forces in 2016.
"Advanced robotic systems of a new generation designed for military application are tested within the framework of development work. A number of them will be delivered to the army in 2016," Col. Gen. Pavel Popov said in an interview with Krasnaya Zvezda (Red Star) newspaper.
In the next decade remote-controlled and robotic platforms will account for about 30 percent of the Russian combat power in addition to dozens of land- and sea-based robotic systems as well as hundreds of UAVs already used by the Russian military.
Robotic scouts, sappers and firefighters were all part of a unique display of automated combat machines unveiled during last year’s Army-2015 military exhibition outside Moscow.
Platform-M is the latest such robotic combat system, created to fight without entering into contact with the enemy.
Armed with a grenade launcher and a machinegun, it is a universal combat unit ideal for reconnaissance and patrol missions, as well as for guarding important sites.
The Uran-6 is a multipurpose demining robot, powerful enough to replace 20 sappers. It can be remotely operated from a safe distance of about one kilometer.
“Armed” with bulldozer blades and trawls, the Uran-6 detects, identifies and destroys mines containing up to 60 kilograms of TNT. Its companion, the Uran-14, is an obstacle-breeching and fire-fighting robot.
The Argo remotely-operated robotic platform can also swim, which makes it an ideal means of fire support for Marine landing units. The Argo is armed with a single 7.62mm machinegun and a troika of RPG-26 rocket-propelled grenade launchers.
The list of military robots slated to enter active service in 2016 also includes the YULA-N mobile mini-robot. Weighing about a kilogram, it can transmit information to an operator up to 100 meters away for a whole two hours non-stop.
And, of course, one should mention the Kadet – a miniature scouting robot which can also be used to haul small cargoes.
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Post by TsarSamuil on Jan 15, 2016 13:20:19 GMT -5
Military Prodigy: Russia Develops Advanced Light Tactical Robot.
Sputnik
MILITARY & INTELLIGENCE 19:05 13.01.2016
Russian weapon manufacturer KB Integrated Systems (KBIS) has developed a combat robot, which, due to its size, can easily fit into a backpack.
The RS1A3 Mini Rex is a light tactical robot designed by Lobaev Robotics. The robot can be used in search and rescue operations, counter-terror missions, and provide fire support in assault and other types of police and urban operations.
As specified on the manufacturer's website, the robot can confidently climb stairs and it is fairly light and small making it possible to carry it in a backpack. The robot is equipped with a robotic arm, which can lift weights. It can peak into windows of a room or a parked car. It can fire different types of ammunition and work in dust, rain and snow.
The weight of the robot is 23 kilograms. It is equipped with a laser scanner and once charged the robot may operate for 4 to 15 hours to conduct surveillance.
The module equipped for combat fire has a base caliber of 7.62x39 mm, a barrel length of 200 millimeters in the assault version and 400 millimeters in the universal version.
The robot can fire both lethal and non-lethal ammunition in either semi-automatic or automatic mode.
The foreign media have already called the Russian robot ‘controversial.’ According to German magazine Spiegel Online, in July of last year an open letter signed by more than a thousand experts was published. The letter was a warning against the use of autonomous weapons systems, which are free to decide when to pull the trigger. Among the critics of such weapons was the famous scientist Stephen Hawking.
“Currently, the robot developed by Russian manufacturers is controlled remotely, but the transition to autonomous control of such a weapon is often blurred,” the publication wrote.
However, not all experts agree that autonomous military robots will create problems during the conduct of hostilities. There are those who believe that the machines can, in some situations be more ‘ethical’ than the man whose actions depend on the emotion — hatred, revenge or fear.
Opponents of this approach argue that the robot will act “without compassion,” and will not be able to respond flexibly to all possible changes.
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Post by TsarSamuil on Jan 22, 2016 16:29:05 GMT -5
Russia Defense Report - Jan. 22, 2016: Robot Wars.
SOUTH FRONT
Jan 22, 2016
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Post by TsarSamuil on Feb 12, 2016 22:39:02 GMT -5
Russia Increasingly Using Robots for Reconnaissance, Bomb Defusing.
RUSSIA 15:20 10.02.2016
According to the head of the Russian Defense Ministry scientific research and robotics center, ministry has been increasingly using robots for a variety of tasks, from looking for illegal armed groups to mine sweeping.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Russian Defense Ministry has been increasingly using robots for a variety of tasks, from looking for illegal armed groups to mine sweeping, the head of the ministry’s scientific research and robotics center said Wednesday.
"Since 2011, the number of unmanned aerial vehicles deployed by the Russian Defense Ministry has risen ninefold, the use of ground robots tripled and use of underwater robots increased four times," robotics director Sergei Popov said during a press conference at a military park near Moscow.
Unmanned ground vehicles are used to remove mines in Russia’s Chechen and Ingushetia republics in the Caucasus region that have seen years of insurgency, while aerial vehicles are used to spot militants from above, Popov said.
Patriot Park in Kubinka, west of Moscow, hosted a military scientific conference with over a hundred robot prototypes on display from Russia and abroad.
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Post by TsarSamuil on Feb 20, 2016 14:58:38 GMT -5
How Deadly Is the New Russian Uran-9 Drone Tank? RI David Hambling Feb 18, 2016 Originally appeared at Quora  It's extremely dangerous -- but not for the reasons you might think. The 30mm cannon, 7.62mm machine gun and those impressive Ataka ATGMs are not what will make this possibly the most deadly UGV [Unmanned Ground Vehicle] in the world. Armed UGVs have been around for decades. The US has produced generations of them, from the early Fire Ant to SWORDS to Gladiator to MAARS and more recent developments like RAMP and the MDARS patrol robot. The difference is that the US military have always shied away from using them in combat - SWORDS was actually in-theatre in Iraq when it got pulled without firing a shot. The Americans still have a lot of concerns over the obvious issues of armed UGVs, specifically target discrimination and friendly fire. The Russians have no such compunction and are designing remote-control machines like the Uran-9 but UGVs which are capable of partial or total autononous operation. The Uran-9 is deadly because it will be used. “We have to conduct battles without any contact, so that our boys do not die, and for that it is necessary to use war robots,” deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin stated in 2013 when he announced plans for a new military robot laboratory in Kovrov, and a new centre of military robotics at the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering. Along with defense minister Sergei Shoygu, Rogozin has driven towards automated systems which will allow Russia to carry out combat operations -- think Afghanistan, Chechnya, Ukraine - without the loss of Russian soldiers which is so politically unpalatable. And because it's being built for the export market, so Russia's allies like Syria can benefit from the new technology As I describe in this article Russia has a vast range of different armed robots: Check Out Russia's Fighting Robots from portable models with machine-guns to small tanks. Nor are they confined to the ground - Will Russia Make Drones That Carry Flamethrowers? (Yup, they will.) The hardware may look sexy, but it's not worrying. Anyone can stick a rocket launcher on a robot and look cool. The software is the hard part, and Russia has already successfully field-tested Unicum, nicknamed "the Russian Skynet" which allows multiple robots to work together identifying and destroying targets with no human input -- UIMC successfully completes the testing of robot control software. This is a new type of threat. And a lot of robots like it will be on the international arms market soon. |
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Post by TsarSamuil on Mar 20, 2016 15:57:47 GMT -5
Russia’s Next Gen Robots to Work in Space and on Battlefield.
Sputnik
RUSSIA 15:33 20.03.2016
More than 20 new types of robots are being developed in Russia that will someday be put to use in life-threatening situations, including in space and on the battlefield, Rossiiskaya Gazeta newspaper wrote.
A prime example of this forward-looking effort is the Uran-9 tracked unmanned combat ground vehicle, which is being developed and produced by Rostec for the international market.
According to a release by Rosoboronexport, the system will provide combat, reconnaissance and counter-terrorism units with remote reconnaissance and fire support.
Of no less interest are the all-new Platforma-M and Strelok combat robots whose powerful armament and modular construction makes them indispensable during counterterrorism operations.
The multipurpose combat robot Nerehta, whose field trials are slated for later this year, is designed on a modular scheme and can be used with equal success both for reconnaissance and patrol missions, as well as in real combat situations.
It is armed with 7.62 mm and 12.7 mm machineguns and will eventually carry a more powerful machine gun to be created expressly for Nerekhta fighting robot.
Nuclear scientists from Sarov have also joined the effort designing an acoustic system which “listens” to the sound of an incoming bullet to pinpoint the exact place where the bullet came from.
During last year’s RAE military expo in Nizhny Tagil the organizers unveiled a wide array of futuristic robots, such as an unmanned reconnaissance helicopter, a tracked robot armed with missiles and machine guns.
The robotic chopper acquired the target and downloaded its coordinates to the automated control center.
The data was subsequently sent to the tracked robot, which then found the target and decided exactly which of its weapons was best suited to destroy it.
In another first, a single soldier will soon be able to stand up to an entire tank armada. If he sees the target he can destroy himself, he simply pulls the trigger.
If the target is too big and too far, he punches a button and a column of tanks is destroyed by artillery or missile fire.
Information from individual soldiers and observation units will be sent to a computer that will quickly process the incoming data and decide which weapon is best suited to destroy the target.
If this system of “network” combat becomes a reality, a mechanized infantry battalion could be downsized to just fifty men from several hundred now.
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Post by TsarSamuil on Mar 27, 2016 13:21:33 GMT -5
Deadlier Than Terminators: WATCH Russia's Unique Robotic Tank in Action.
Sputnik
RUSSIA 11:44 27.03.2016
The Russian Defense Ministry has unveiled a unique video highlighting the battlefield abilities of the one-of-a-kind Uran-9 robotic tank, Zvezda TV channel reported.
The latest in a long line of military robots made in Russia, the Uran-9 unmanned ground combat vehicle is loaded with a machine gun, a 30mm cannon that fires 350 to 400 rounds per minute, a coaxial 7.62mm machine gun and a battery of supersonic guided missiles.
The Uran-9 is remotely controlled, so there’s always a human directing the machine. It was developed to provide reconnaissance and fire support to infantry and counter-terror units.
According to the developers, Uran-9 will not be treated as a weapon system but rather deployed with an infantry unit.
Fully loaded, the Uran-9 weighs around 10 tons and looks like a small tank.
It also boasts a cutting-edge laser warning system, target detection, high-tech identification and tracking equipment.
“Russian developers possess all the expertise they need to create modern military robotics that will be in demand on the international market. This is a fast-growing segment of the arms market, so we will develop and implement a long-term marketing strategy for promoting such pieces of hardware, including as part of integrated security projects,” said Boris Simakin who heads the Analysis and Long-Term Planning Department at Russia’s official arms trader Rosoboronexport.
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Post by TsarSamuil on Apr 1, 2016 0:49:08 GMT -5
Russia: Brand new Nerehta combat-robot the ultimate defence for Topol-Ms.
Ruptly TV
Mar 31, 2016
The Russian Army employed its brand-new combat robot named the Nerehta for the first time in the Irkutsk Region on Thursday.
The Nerehta was involved in large-scale rocket forces drills, where it defend Topol-M Intercontinental ballistic missiles as they were repositioned in the woods in order to be hidden.
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Post by TsarSamuil on Jul 7, 2016 4:44:21 GMT -5
War machine: Robots to replace soldiers in future, says Russian military’s tech chief. RT.com 6 Jul, 2016 16:06 Future warfare will see sophisticated combat robots fighting on land, in the air, at sea and in outer space, the head of Russia’s military hi-tech body has said, adding that the days of conventional soldiers on the battlefield are numbered. " IVAN THE TERMINATOR" на разминке from FPI_RUSSIA on Vimeo. “I see a greater robotization [of war], in fact, future warfare will involve operators and machines, not soldiers shooting at each other on the battlefield,” Lieutenant General Andrey Grigoriev, head of the Advanced Research Foundation (ARF) – viewed as Russia’s analogue of DARPA – told RIA Novosti in an interview on Wednesday. He noted that future warfare will be determined by unmanned combat systems: “It would be powerful robot units fighting on land, in the air, at sea as well as underwater and in outer space.” “They would be integrated into large comprehensive reconnaissance-strike systems,” Grigoriev added. “The soldier would gradually turn into an operator and be removed from the battlefield,” he stressed. Last October, the United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation (UIMC) said it had developed the Unicum software package, which is capable of powering a group of up to 10 robotic systems. It can distribute ‘roles’ among robots, choose a ‘commander’ of the robotic task force and assign a combat mission to each individual machine. Humans, however, will still play a role on the battlefield until robotized warfare becomes reality, Grigoriev stressed. While work on Russia’s infantry combat system Ratnik 2 is underway, the AFR is already looking for a next-generation upgrade. The Legionnaire, a new project, would involve brand-new firearms, communications systems as well as enhanced protection from bullets and shrapnel, allowing an infantryman “to feel comfortable in any environment.” Last year, Russia unveiled a constellation of sophisticated robots armed with machine guns, automatic cannons, grenade launchers and non-lethal equipment. Russia’s latest main battle tank, the T-14 Armata, will also get robotized features which are likely to make it the deadliest unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) ever known. In June last year, Grigoriev also told reporters that Russia was developing a cyborg “resembling a human in appearance” and designed to operate in hostile environments. The humanoid will learn how to run, jump, overcome obstacles and even ride a motorbike, he announced. In March of this year, Uran-6 mine-cleaning robots were used by Russian bomb disposal units deployed to the Syrian city of Palmyra on a de-mining mission. The robots were said to be capable of carrying out controlled explosions or destroying explosive devices they encounter. |
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