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Unmanned vehicles go to war

Jack Hollingum (Associate Editor of Industrial Robot)

Industrial Robot

ISSN: 0143-991x

Article publication date: 1 December 1998

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Abstract

A two‐day conference in May 1998 on unmanned vehicles gave a remarkable picture of the range of uses ‐ and particularly for military purposes ‐ to which robot vehicles are being put. Reconnaissance aircraft were by far the most strongly represented, although there was a US Navy paper looking at the future of “uninhabited combat air vehicles” (keeping a man in the control loop). There were also presentations on underwater vehicles, target vehicles and sensors. This report summarizes two aerial and two underwater applications.

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Citation

Hollingum, J. (1998), "Unmanned vehicles go to war", Industrial Robot, Vol. 25 No. 6, pp. 379-383. https://doi.org/10.1108/01439919810240207

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MCB UP Ltd

Copyright © 1998, MCB UP Limited

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