French army tests robot dog Spot for battlefield, tries to see if it will work with humans

The trainee soldiers from a French military academy ran various tests like offensive action capturing a crossroads, defensive actions during night and day, and an urban combat test.

The French army is testing quadruped robot dog Spot on the battlefield. Trainee soldiers tested Spot, along with other robots in late March in a 2-day trial. The robots were tested for various reconnaissance tasks and urban combat tests. The tests were part of a project by the École Militaire Interarmes school at a French army camp Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan. As reported by French publication, Ouest-France, the trainee soldiers ran various tests like offensive action capturing a crossroads, defensive actions during night and day, and an urban combat test. Every scenario was first performed using just humans and then using humans and robots together to see what difference the machines made.