Coverage dated May 27, 2024

China’s military shows off rifle-toting robot dogs

Headline from KRDO

China's military has unveiled robot dogs that are capable of assessing targets and carrying machine guns.

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  1. Washington Times

    Chinese military shows off rifle-mounted robot dogs at joint exercise with Cambodia (opens Washington Times)

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    China's army has a new weapon in its arsenal: four-legged robot dogs with rifles mounted on their back, exhibited during its Golden Dragon training with Cambodia.

  2. KRDO

    China’s military shows off rifle-toting robot dogs (opens KRDO)

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    KTVZ Bend's feed description

    By Brad Lendon and Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — It looks like something out of the dystopian show “Black Mirror,” but it’s just the latest adaptation of robotics for the modern battlefield. During recent military drills with Cambodia, China’s military showed off a robot dog with an automatic rifle mounte…

  3. Insider

    China's latest weapon of war is a gun-toting robot dog (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    China's military has unveiled robot dogs that are capable of assessing targets and carrying machine guns.

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