The British Army has recruited Terminator-style robots to help train soldiers in battlefield scenarios.
The machines, created with the same head and torso size as an average man, can talk and react to soldiers as they are equipped with GPT Chat artificial intelligence software.
If the soldier gets angry, the robot, called SimStriker, can become hostile and fire pellets from its abdomen. A calmer soldier, on the other hand, will help control the situation.
In a battlefield scenario, soldiers must face SimStriker in a village where the locals need food, electricity, and medical supplies. The telegraph information.
The robot will react differently depending on whether the soldier decides to help the locals.
The British Army has recruited Terminator-style robots to help train soldiers in battlefield scenarios.
The machines, created with a head and torso the same size as an average man, can talk and react to soldiers as they are equipped with artificial intelligence software Chat GPT
It comes amid a move to use better technology and artificial intelligence to prepare for complex future warfare. Pictured: Soldiers in Salisbury demonstrate the EXO Insight glasses, which are a virtual eye-tracking behaviour monitoring system
Army trainers can also manually alter the robot’s mood from a control room if they want to make the scenario more challenging for the soldier.
This is an unprecedented technological advance for the army, which can now train its soldiers against a “thinking” enemy. Soldiers are used to training with static wooden targets.
The SlimStriker project, which began in 2020 and is used by 16 Air Assault Brigade in Colchester, has equipped robots with sensors capable of recording soldiers’ accuracy and rate of fire.
It also has a camera on its forehead that allows it to detect movement and light. It then sends a signal for the robot to activate if a soldier enters the room.
When he’s resting, he can burp to simulate a guard who isn’t concentrating. And when he’s active, he’ll say things like “Who’s there?” and “Stop” from a speaker on his collarbone.
The robot was created by 4GD, a company founded by two former Royal Marines that trains soldiers using virtual reality and special effects.
The robot will be further developed to virtually simulate the organs in its torso to make combat wounds appear more realistic.
The company has shared images online of soldiers entering a room, where they confront the robot.
James Crowley, 4GD’s business development director, told The Telegraph: “Although it does give the impression of a Terminator, unlike the film, we are not trying to subordinate soldiers to a robot. Rather, we want to use a robot to enhance the soldier.
Soldiers are seen preparing to enter a room where an AI robot lies on the other side.
“We want to use it to bring the training environment as close to the operational environment as possible. That’s why it screams, it talks and it shoots. It’s a huge step forward in the way the military can train for urban environments.”
This is the latest move in artificial intelligence by the Army, which has already used Capita to speed up the recruitment of new soldiers using AI.
AI software helps process medical records of potential candidates provided with their application. Capita claims it can reduce the time taken to process medical records by almost a third.
This comes after the Ministry of Defence said last year that fewer troops will be needed on future frontlines due to the rise of AI.
In its updated Defence Command Paper in July 2023, it said the conflict would “change the way we think about the ‘size’ of our Armed Forces”.
In July, MailOnline revealed that British soldiers will soon be helped by a revolutionary artificial intelligence app that will analyse the huge volume of battlefield data and tell commanders how to defeat the enemy in record time.
The cutting-edge technology is currently in development and military chiefs will get their first taste of the kit during experimental trials later this year.
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