In an age plagued by terrorism, the threat posed to the world’s navies and merchant fleets by small craft laden with explosives or crews with automatic weapons is a very real and present danger. To help combat this, the United States Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) is developing a fleet of robotic patrol boats that can not only act as escorts for larger warships or merchant vessels, but can also autonomously swarm around a threatening craft and destroy it. .. Continue Reading US Navy demonstrates how robotic "swarm" boats could protect warships
Section: Military
Tags: Boats, ONR, Robots, Swarm, Terrorism, Unmanned, US Navy, USVs
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