At stake is a contract worth almost US$500mil (RM2bil) for 3,000 backpack-sized robots that can defuse bombs and scout enemy positions.
The US Army is looking for a few good robots. Not to fight – not yet, at least – but to help the men and women who do.
These robots aren’t taking up arms, but the companies making them have waged a different kind of battle. At stake is a contract worth almost US$500mil (RM2bil) for 3,000 backpack-sized robots that can defuse bombs and scout enemy positions. Competition for the work has spilled over into Congress and federal court.
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