| Robotic vehicles perform tasks that are too | | | | Sources from inside the military often credit small, |
| hazardous, tedious, or disgusting for people. A robotic | | | | robotic planes with a significant portion of their |
| vehicle can access locations that would be too | | | | achievements. The planes can fly for miles while |
| dangerous for a human driver such as deep in the | | | | sending back video feed and still images to military |
| ocean, far into space, inside the lip of an active | | | | bunkers. They are able to pursue targets and strike |
| volcano, or even a war-zone. Robotic technology is | | | | with a great degree of accuracy. One great benefit is |
| not meant to completely replace human drivers, but to | | | | that no US soldiers are put in danger, and the terrorists |
| add rugged robotic vehicles that can go almost | | | | won't see or hear it coming. New robotics technology |
| anywhere, as a complement to the existing human | | | | lets American soldiers command drones in places like |
| workforce. | | | | the Middle East. |
| The US military is already familiar with robotic vehicles. | | | | |