{"id":68822,"date":"2022-10-19T16:29:34","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T13:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=68822"},"modified":"2025-09-07T16:14:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T13:14:39","slug":"netherlands-deploys-natos-first-autonomous-killer-robots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/netherlands-deploys-natos-first-autonomous-killer-robots\/","title":{"rendered":"Netherlands deploys NATO\u2019s first autonomous &#8216;killer robots&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Royal Netherlands Army has begun testing armed unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) to develop and refine platoon-level doctrine.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"nl\" dir=\"ltr\">Defensie ontwikkelt methoden om met hetzelfde aantal mensen meer werk te doen. Een voorbeeld is de inzet van de zogenoemde Robotica en Autonome Systemen (RAS). Deze week heeft de RAS-eenheid de eerste tactische oefening in Litouwen gedaan: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cRz1d3gxTc\">https:\/\/t.co\/cRz1d3gxTc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fbNHis0Vj1\">pic.twitter.com\/fbNHis0Vj1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ministerie van Defensie (@Defensie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Defensie\/status\/1580927103377477632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In this regard, the country has outpaced its NATO partners.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cAs far as I know, we haven&#8217;t seen anything like this before in the West,\u201d said Lieutenant Colonel Sjoerd Mevissen, commander of the Robotics and Autonomous Systems unit of the Royal Netherlands Army, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.janes.com\/defence-news\/royal-netherlands-army-commences-armed-robot-trials-in-first-among-western-militaries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Janes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The devices were developed by Estonian defence company Milrem Robotics. The unmanned ground vehicles are tracked hybrid modular infantry systems (THeMIS), capable of carrying a variety of weapons, including machine guns.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THeMIS UGV with the PROTECTOR RWS\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gDJdEY1VcPo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>According to the publication, on 12 October the Netherlands\u2019 13th Light Brigade deployed the first four systems for tactical exercises in Lithuania.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2022-10-19-132552-1024x572.png\" alt=\"Netherlands deploys NATO\u2019s first autonomous 'killer robots'\" class=\"wp-image-188129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2022-10-19-132552-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2022-10-19-132552-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2022-10-19-132552-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2022-10-19-132552-1536x857.png 1536w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2022-10-19-132552.png 1795w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Testing of armed unmanned ground vehicles THeMIS in Lithuania. Data: Dutch Ministry of Defence.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mevissen called the TheMIS testing an experiment, but noted that it is \u201cnot just a field exercise.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWe are under close scrutiny from the Russians, so we are, as it were, in a semi-operational environment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ground robots with machine guns tested by the Netherlands are not the first in the world. In 2019, Estonia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shephardmedia.com\/news\/uv-online\/estonian-themis-patrols-mali-first-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u0440\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0443\u043b\u0430<\/a> an unarmed version of TheMIS in Mali. In the same year Iran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/unmanned\/2019\/10\/08\/beetle-like-iranian-robots-roll-under-tanks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u043f\u043e\u043a\u0430\u0437\u0430\u043b<\/a> beetle-like kamikaze robots Heidair-1.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, Russia&#8217;s Defence Ministry <a href=\"https:\/\/ria.ru\/20180506\/1519978275.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u043f\u043e\u0434\u0442\u0432\u0435\u0440\u0434\u0438\u043b\u043e<\/a> tests of the Uran-9 combat unmanned ground vehicles in Syria. However later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/military\/weapons\/a21602657\/russias-tank-drone-performed-poorly-in-syria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">it emerged<\/a> that the devices performed poorly and repeatedly lost contact with the operator.<\/p>\n<p>In October, a <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/video-shows-armed-robotic-dog-deployed-by-drone-in-china\">video showing the deployment of an armed robopod<\/a>, carried by a drone, circulated online.<\/p>\n<p>In the same month, a coalition of six companies <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/boston-dynamics-abandons-development-of-combat-robots\">refused to develop or support the use<\/a> of devices and software they had developed for military purposes.<\/p>\n<p>In June 2021, the UN recorded the first case in history when a combat drone killed a person without a direct order from an operator.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogAI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ForkLog AI<\/a> \u2014 all the news from the world of AI!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Royal Netherlands Army has begun testing armed unmanned ground vehicles to develop and refine platoon-level doctrine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[438,2071,718,652],"class_list":["post-68822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-nato","tag-netherlands","tag-robots"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"29","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68822"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68824,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68822\/revisions\/68824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}