America’s First Combat Robots Have Been Deployed In Ukraine
Forterra sent more than 100 of its autonomous Lancer robots to Ukraine: they’ve been there for nine months, travelled over 2,500 miles, completed over 1,100 missions and evacuated 52 injured troops; it’s the biggest deployment of American unmanned ground vehicles in history.
The startup Forterra has sent more than 100 autonomous Lancer robots to Ukraine: it's the biggest deployment of U.S. unmanned ground vehicles ever. They've been there for nine months, travelled over 2,500 miles, completed over 1,100 missions and evacuated 52 injured troops. The company has received more than $500 million in venture capital to fund this operation.
True, they are in a real war. But even if they're not truly ‘autonomous’ (as in, there are no AI-powered systems that can deal with unexpected combat situations in real time), they are still the best testbed for autonomous technology.
Source: techcrunch.com
Free course
Stop reading about AI — start building with it
The free Claude Code course: your first site, tool or game — no coding. No upsells, no cross-sells — nothing to buy here.
Start free →
Author
Evgenii Arsentev
PhD · Chief Executive Officer, digital health
Articles · Latest articles