Russia building ‘ground force’ of killer robots – including swarm of cat-sized ‘bomber drones’ and self-driving TANKS
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A TERRIFYING new video showcases some of Russia's latest killer robot technology.
AI-controlled mini-tanks and swarms of autonomous cat-sized drones obliterate targets in the propaganda clip released by the Kremlin.
The robots are designed to assist Russian infantry, and are currently controlled by a human remotely.
However, in future the tech will be fully autonomous, meaning it can target and kill enemies without needing help from a human.
Russia’s Advanced Research Foundation (ARF), the military research division behind the new technology, said the ultimate goal is to have an army of robots controlled by AI.
"The evolution of combat robots is on the path of increasing the ability to perform tasks in autonomous mode with a gradual reduction in the role of the operator," a spokesperson told .
The video, uploaded to YouTube by the ARF, shows off the terrifying capabilities of the killer tech.
In it, a mini-tank is shown dashing over snow while targeting and firing at targets.
The deadly vehicle lines up with a soldier and is follow his line of sight, pointing its huge guns in whatever direction his rifle turns.
It seems to suggest that Russia's AI tanks will one day autonomously follow their handler's aim to dish out extra firepower.
As well as mini-tanks, the video also shows off Russia's military drone technology.
A swarm of quadrocopters rises up in a coordinated shape and whizzes across the firing range.
They appear to drop explosives on targets, leaving them smouldering in the snow.
Russia is not the only country developing autonomous weapons.
Britain, the US, Israel and several other nations are all known to be creating some form of killer robot.
It's got tech boffins worried that AI will one day spell the end for the human race.
On Monday, billionaire Bill Gates warned that the threat AI poses to humanity is similar to that of nuclear weapons.
He said intelligent machines have the potential to both save and destroy the human race.
Super-strong robots that "make the Terminator look puny" are already on the way.
Criminal gangs and terrorists could one day buy killer robot assassins on the black market.
And here's how the Ancient Greeks predicted killer robots, driverless cars and even Amazon Alexa speakers.
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