The US Army is planning a massive experiment with robot tanks


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Robot tanks will be tested in a simulated battle initiated by the U.S. Army in 2022.
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The results from the experiment will help refine the vehicles' hardware and software to enable them to one day take to the field.

https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1450673383012802566?s=20

“We have a system integration lab that's a combination of both software virtual environments as well as the hardware that represents those systems. We'll do it in a virtual world... then apply it to the actual vehicle systems in a fairly relevant train to see how it performs.” - Michael Cadieux, Director of Ground Vehicles for the U.S. Army Development Comman


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