US Navy's Plan to Replace Dolphin Troops With 12ft Robots Hits Choppy Waters

11/18/2016

US Navy's Plan to Replace Dolphin Troops With 12ft Robots Hits Choppy Waters

Back in 2012, the U.S. navy announced a plan to replace its team of 80 mine-hunting dolphins with a fleet of autonomous underwater 12ft robots from ...

11/17/2016

Navy's killer dolphins replaced by robots? Not so fast

Build a fleet of futuristic underwater robots to replace the Navy's famous corps of mine-hunting dolphins and sea lions, headquartered at the base on ...

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