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UAVs
UAV stands for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. The earliest recorded use of UAVs was when the Australian attacked Venice using unmanned balloons that was loaded with explosives.The UAVs were used for anti-aircraft training as early as 1916. However, the turning point came in 1960s when reconnaissance drones were developed. -
radio controlled boat
Nicola Tesla invented the radio control boat, intended for military use. He invented this product to be used for the Navy for radio torpedoes, but it was turned down because it was too much to handle. -
Teletank
The Soviet Union made a remotely controlled tank called the teletank. The teletank could be controlled from 500-1500 meters away depending of weather and other conditions.They were equipped with machine guns, flamethrowers, and an armored bomb could be attached. -
Goliath
Goliath is a name of a mobile landmine used in WWII by the Third Reich's forces. It was approximately 1,50 m long, 0,85m wide and 0,6 m high. It had two tracks and it was controlled remotely using a wire. The goliath was intended to be blown up at the target. So it was not reusable. -
Laser Guided Weapons
In the Vietnam War, U.S. introduced the use of laser-guided weapons and autonomous unmanned surveillance aircraft, designed to shoot film until they ran out of fuel -
Drones
One month after 9/11, the United States launched the world’s first deadly airstrike from an MQ-1 Predator drone. -
Hermes
Hermes was deployed ahead of US troops to search caves in Qiqay, Afghanistan, which were a hiding place for enemy personnel and weaponry. -
SWORDS
Special Weapons Observation Remote Reconnaissance Direct Action System(SWORDS) machines became the first armed ground robots to see action on the ground when U.S. military forces put them to work in Iraq, equipped with light machine guns. -
MAARS
They are designed to go out in the field with human soldiers and, like their flesh and blood brethren, respond to gestures and voice commands. They're also capable of carrying – and using – lethal weapons like grenade launchers and machine guns on command . -
DOGO
The DOGO is meant for short ranges only, coming equipped with a 9mm Glock, eight cameras, and is only 24 pounds.
