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NATO's huge military exercise will test robots and autonomous vehicles

By Chris Baraniuk

25 October 2018

A self-driving boat

This autonomous boat will be used in a NATO exercise

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It’s the biggest NATO exercise since the end of the Cold War – and it’s going feature self-driving vehicles and 3D printers. The exercise, named Trident Juncture 18, starts today in Norway and will last about a month.

Around 50,000 people will participate, along with 10,000 land vehicles and more than 200 aircraft and marine vessels. But there’ll also be a boat and land vehicle that can manoeuvre all on their own, robots that grab useful items out of storage for military personnel and 3D…

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