Designed to work with human soldiers or operate on their own, the robots are part of a wider modernisation drive that also ...

Indeed, several of its robots might just replace the military as we know it. Of particular interest is Boston Dynamics’ bipedal Atlas, which is an ideal military robot.

Ghost Robotics in Philadelphia is making robots geared toward military applications, while abroad, Swiss-based Anybotics is making a four-legged robot it calls Anymal for industrial customers.