In the Army’s hot pursuit of integrating autonomous vehicles into its forces, the service wants to ensure soldiers will trust and know how to work with new artificial intelligence “teammates.”
Even the most advanced technology on the battlefield will mean very little if operators do not know how to use them or trust them. Recent research into the military’s AI investments found a critical lack of examination of human-machine trust, something that the Army appears to be trying to improve upon with exercises designed around soldier-robot interactions.
For its next-generation ground vehicles and future robotic vehicle development, the Army is following a mantra of “soldiers must touch the equipment,” Maj. Gen. Ross Coffman said during a virtual event hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Coffman leads the cross-functional team working to field the next-generation ground combat vehicle, a major effort to replace decades-old combat vehicles with technology-enabled systems.
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