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Study Could Lead To Use Of Robots In Marine Training

January 28 2015

USA

Naval researchers have begun a study that could eventually lead to robots training Marines, reports the International Business Times.

On Tuesday, the Office of Naval Research started a new experiment at the University of Central Florida aimed at studying the use of human surrogates.

A robot will greet and interact with people passing through a lobby of the university. The robot will be controlled by a human located elsewhere, according to an ONR release.

The ONR's Human...

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