Ogre Mk 0 is being built...

[andrewbeasley]

Just come across this article in The Register

The Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments with Resiliency (RACER) program has entered a new phase of research that includes testing the RACER Heavy Platform (RHP), a 20-foot long, 12-ton (6 meter, 10.8 metric ton) tracked "optionally manned combat/fighting vehicle."

Long long way to go so maybe this post should be Ogre Mk -1

[DeadParrot]

Really hope they use the good datasets to train the AI. Not the ones from the Monty Python library of military tactics.

Wonder if they will equip the experimental Ogre with some of these as anti infantry drones: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024...r-under-10000/

[selenite]

This one looks to be about Mk 0.001:

Ukrainian bot passes through mines and forces Russian troops to retreat.

The writer compares the bot to a "war elephant." I think that metaphor should wait for bots actually bigger than humans. But they're coming.