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美国空军当日宣布，机器狗正式开始在廷德尔空军基地进行安防巡逻。机器狗有四条腿，外形像狗，实际上是半自动的地面无人车辆，称为Q-UGV，已正式列装安全部队中队，但不是替代军犬，而是在基地增加一层防御，根据人和车辆难以巡逻的路径设计执行安防任务。Q-UGV可以称得上机动的传感器平台，载有一系列相机和其它传感器，大大提高安防的态势感知能力和远距离巡逻能力，可穿越高温高寒地区，也可通过下蹲降低重心，也可调制高抬腿模式提高行进机动性。

Robot security dogs start guarding Tyndall Air Force Base

by Ed Adamczyk Washington DC (UPI) Mar 29, 2021 SPACE DAILY

Robot dogs, or quad-legged unmanned ground vehicles, have begun guarding Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., the U.S. Air Force announced on Monday.

The semi-autonomous machines, which walk on four legs and resemble dogs’ bodies, were integrated into the 325th Security Forces Squadron at the base on March 22.

The Q-UGVs are not meant to replace military working dogs, officials have said, but to add another layer of protection at the base with assigned patrol paths difficult for humans and vehicles.

“As a mobile sensor platform, the Q-UGVs will significantly increase situational awareness for defenders,” Mark Shackley, security forces program manager at Tyndall Air Force Base’s program management office, said in a press release.

“They can patrol the remote areas of a base while defenders can continue to patrol and monitor other critical areas of an installation,” Shackley said.

The robot dogs carry a variety of cameras and other sensors, can traverse difficult terrain in extreme temperatures, crouch for a lower center of gravity and have a “high-step” mode to change leg mobility.

Designed by Ghost Robotics of Philadelphia and Immersive Wisdom of Boca Raton, Fla., prototype versions of the robots have been seen at the base since November 2020.

“These dogs will be an extra set of eyes and ears while computing large amounts of data at strategic locations throughout Tyndall Air Force Base,” Maj. Gen. Jordan Criss, 325th SCS commander, said in November.

“They will be a huge enhancement for our defenders and allow flexibility in the posting and response of our personnel,” Criss said.

Prototype robot dogs were first seen in September 2020 at an Advanced Battle Management System exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.

The 321st Contingency Response Squadron security team used the robots to secure an airfield after the arrival of airmen for the exercise

Tyndall Air Force Base, known as the “Installation of the Future,” is regarded as an ideal test bed for the robot dogs because the base is proceeding with an ongoing reconstruction after sustaining massive damage in 2018 during Hurricane Michael.

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