The US Navy has been testing the harbour defence capabilities of a group of small, autonomous boats, known as “swarm-bots” since October , in Chesapeake Bay . The Office of Naval Research showed off the squad’s ability to patrol and investigate with 3 rigid hull inflatable boats (RHIB). The ONR used four rigid hull inflatable boats (RHIB) -- think of the larger soldier-ferrying Zodiacs -- to show off the drone squad's ability to patrol, investigate approaching unknown crafts and relay that information back to a human supervisor. The The US Navy has a number of these boats already in use, and they can be retrofitted with the navy ’s autonomous swarm-bot system, ONR (CARACaS) quickly and inexpensively. The autonomous units can be sent on more dangerous missions than those manned by humans, like mine clearance.
The US Navy has been testing the harbour defence capabilities of a group of small, autonomous boats, known as “swarm-bots” since October , in Chesapeake Bay . The Office of Naval Research showed off the squad’s ability to patrol and investigate with 3 rigid hull inflatable boats (RHIB). The The US Navy has a number of these boats already in use, and they can be retrofitted with the navy ’s autonomous swarm-bot system, ONR (CARACaS) quickly and inexpensively. The autonomous units can be sent on more dangerous missions than those manned by humans, like mine clearance.