The French military school of Saint-Cyr recently shared a photo of an expensive robotic dog that co-performed ‘combat’ missions with French army practitioners in drills.
Robotic dogs are trained to fight with French military trainees. According to the Daily Mail, Spot robot, priced at $ 75,000 (equivalent to 1.7 billion) was developed by Boston Dynamics (formerly a US robotics company but now owned by the umbrella corporation. Korea Hyundai as of December 2020). Close-up of robot dog worth 75,000 USD (1.7 billion VND). The robot dog is suitable for both indoor or outdoor use, can map the environment, feel and avoid obstacles, climb stairs and open doors. In particular, it can perform dangerous missions in a variety of harsh environments such as nuclear plants, offshore oil fields and construction sites or even on battlefields. Robotic dogs are trained in 3 combat missions with French military trainees. Despite being researched and developed by Boston Dynamics for many years, the robot dog was released to the market last June. One of the first customers to buy it was billionaire Elon Musk – founder of SpaceX Technology Corporation (SpaceX). The robot dog is currently one of the robots on the payroll of the French army. Robotic dogs proved to be especially useful in urban combat. “This is an expensive robot, especially for civil or police applications. New York Police (USA) are also testing it under the name Digidog. It has also been tested for anti-Covid antiseptic missions. -19 “, Clément Levilly, a robot distributor in Europe told Ouest France. The list of customers to buy this expensive robot dog includes billionaire Elon Musk. The military school Saint-Cyr has applied to robot dogs for 3 training scenarios – one is an attack mission: capture intersections; two are defensive missions during the day and at night; Finally, the combat missions in urban areas.
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