APPLICATION OF SERVICE ROBOTS FOR DEFENSIVE PURPOSES
Intelligent machines and systems with a different level of complexity are used today for performing the various processes in the industry and also everyday life. Applications of service robots in everyday life are practically unlimited. Service robots will change our daily lives sooner or later as: assistants, servants, supporters, friends, surgeons assistants in medical operations, interventions in hazardous environments like search or rescue, in agriculture and forestry, cleaning, excavating, transport constrictions and demolitions. Probably the greatest achievement of robotics is cooperation between robots and humans. Serving robots besides application for daily tasks also are applied for military actions apropos defense. These kinds of the service robots should decrease number of humans in military defense which affects at number of military casualties. Most used service robots for military defense are unmanned ground vehicles. This type of robot is generally capable of operating outdoors and over a wide variety of terrain, functioning in place of humans. Unmanned robotics is actively being developed for both civilian and military use to perform dull, dirty, and dangerous activities. There are two classes of unmanned ground vehicles Remote-Operated and Autonomous. The greatest part of service robot application is for the military defense. In this paper are presented some applications of service robots in military defense.