| Currently there are many different robotic options | | | | productivity. But that is just the start as these |
| available to modern military. Robots can be run by wire | | | | technologies will save tens or thousands of lives on |
| from a distance, run by remote control, steered thru | | | | our Nation's Highways thru SmartCar Systems and |
| tele-robotics or semi or fully autonomously. There are | | | | Net-Centric Automobiles of the future. |
| plenty of "fire and forget" weapons, dumb weapons | | | | There have already been many Military Contracts |
| and smart munitions as well. The line between | | | | awarded for robotic systems in the United States, |
| categories is often blurred with steerable big gun | | | | some have already been introduced to the modern |
| rounds, aircraft swarm UAV control and Tele-robotic | | | | battlespace and there will be many more to follow. |
| machines which can fire thru human command or by | | | | Including fully autonomous logistic convoys, submarines, |
| way of software rules that include target identification | | | | ground combat vehicles and more UAV models and all |
| and firing. | | | | these future promises have already been outlined in |
| How fast is this technology moving? Very fast as we | | | | the Army's Future Force and Air Force Road Maps. |
| noted the first fully autonomous vehicles made it thru a | | | | Many are fully funded in the Nation's budget |
| grueling course set up by DARPA. Contestants in the | | | | Many other allied nations have also added monies to |
| Grand Challenge borrowed technologies from any | | | | their budgets and rightfully so. Allied nations must |
| industry they could find them and thanks to all the | | | | protect against rogue nation technologies, International |
| various sponsors of all the teams, they too learned a | | | | Terrorists sponsored by rogue nation-states and |
| thing or two. | | | | technologies sold to rogue nations by quasi-friendly |
| These companies and industry sponsors will enjoy the | | | | super powers. As the technology of robotic warfare |
| findings of their research and the transfer technologies | | | | progresses so to will the technologies of our declared |
| that come forth in the future. Such new technologies | | | | and undeclared enemies, as well as our future potential |
| into the marketplace will increase efficiency and | | | | enemies and their aligned rogue-alities. |