{"id":48029,"date":"2022-08-17T15:29:07","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T15:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/33744\/Russian-Military-Uses-Chinese-Drones-And-Bots-In-Combat.html"},"modified":"2022-08-17T15:29:07","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T15:29:07","slug":"russian-military-uses-chinese-drones-and-bots-in-combat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/russian-military-uses-chinese-drones-and-bots-in-combat\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Military Uses Chinese Drones And Bots In Combat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russia’s military has praised civilian grade Chinese-made drones and robots for having performed well on the battlefield, leading their manufacturers to point out the equipment is not intended or sold for military purposes.<\/p>\n

When a video of a robot camera dog showed up with a grenade launcher on Russian state-sponsored media RIA Novosti<\/a> this week, many immediately recognized it as Chinese Unitree Robotics’ $2,700 Go1 robotic dog<\/a> \u2013 albeit dressed in a sort of canine ninja suit.<\/p>\n

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Video of the M-81 robot-dog armed with an RPG-26 at the Army 2022 defense expo. https:\/\/t.co\/rUnwoCMoyS<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/BEDjnwstN0<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Rob Lee (@RALee85) August 15, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Russian designers presented a sample of the M-81 robotic complex, capable of aimed shooting and transporting weapons, at the Army-2022 forum,” announced RIA Novosti<\/i> in Russian, before claiming the bot belonged to engineering company JSC “Intellect of Machines.”<\/p>\n

RIA Novosti went on to describe the Boston Dynamics Spot analog as capable of both reconnaissance and combat missions, plus tasks like delivering medicines and weapons amongst rubble, conducting targeted fire, or just patrolling.<\/p>\n

“When assembling the M-81, Chinese technologies are used, the cost is 1 million rubles ($16,500). The company plans to launch production in Russia,” reported<\/a> Russian tech media source iXBT.<\/p>\n