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Soldiers supporting Operation Inherent Resolve fire a
Javelin anti-tank missile during live-fire training in Iraq, 2018.
Photo by Army 2nd Lieutenant Jamie Douglas

surveillance and arms delivery tools has expanded in recent and nanotechnology. These emerging technologies are vital
years. But researchers see broader applications for robotics on to building the most efficient, effective global military force
and off the battlefield. possible, with a heavy reliance on quantum computers, which
represent a new approach to processing information.
The Army has been working on “training” robot medics to
carry wounded troops off battlefields or deliver medical Quantum computers are the newest generation of
supplies to dangerous areas that are unsafe for troop supercomputers. They provide unprecedented processing
movements. Plans for the future include Robotic Surgical power when compared to the more traditional computers
Systems (RSS) or technologies that use robotic systems to aid that have been in use for years. Technologically advanced
in surgical procedures on-site and more advanced Robotic military leaders hope to take advantage of quantum
Ground Platforms (RPGs) equipped with arms, sensors, tracks computing to develop secure communications and enhanced
and wheels, motors, solid state batteries, smart phones and inertial navigation systems, which use computers and rotation,
other devices that can aid warfighters, complete a variety of motion and magnetic sensors to determine the positions of
tasks and alleviate their exposure to enemy forces. moving objects. The systems, which are used on ships, aircraft,
submarines, guided missiles, and spacecraft, are not foolproof.
To some people, the technologies behind such products might They are prone to integration drift, which may be alleviated
seem relatively easy to grasp compared to some of the new by the use of quantum mechanics-based platforms. That’s just
ones, such as, quantum computers, immersion technology, one example.
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