U.S. Navy Levels Up: New Robot Swarms Tackle Maintenance Crisis
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Our United States Navy's ships are big, complex machines. As such, they take a lot of maintenance and repair to keep them in fighting trim, and in recent years, the backlog of those necessary tasks and repairs has increased. That's a problem, wherein almost half of the fleet may be down for maintenance and repairs at any given time.
But we solve today's problems with tomorrow's technology, as I'm fond of pointing out, and now some of that new technology is here today. A company called Gecko Robotics has developed robot swarms controlled by artificial intelligence that may be able to handle some of these essential tasks quickly and efficiently,
increasing the readiness of the fleet.
Swarms of wall-climbing robots will soon be crawling across
U.S. Navy warships in a $71 million effort to slash repair delays and boost fleet readiness as China continues expanding its naval power.
Under the five-year contract, Gecko will begin work on 18 ships in the U.S. Pacific Fleet, with the initial award valued at up to $54 million. The contract vehicle is structured to allow other military services to access the technology as well.
AI-driven robot swarms enhance U.S. Navy ship maintenance, boosting fleet readiness and efficiency.
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