An ecosystem of labs in hundreds of secret workshops is leveraging innovation to create a robot army that Ukraine hopes will kill Russian troops and save its own wounded soldiers and civilians.
Andrii Denysenko, CEO of design and production bureau"UkrPrototyp," stands by Odyssey, an 800-kilogram ground drone prototype, at a cornfield in northern Ukraine on June 28, 2024. Facing manpower shortages and uneven international assistance, Ukraine is counting heavily on innovation at home to halt Russia’s incremental but pounding advance in the east.
Denysenko asked that The Associated Press not publish details of the location to protect the infrastructure and the people working there. A fourth branch of Ukraine's military — the Unmanned Systems Forces — joined the army, navy and air force in May.Engineers take inspiration from articles in defense magazines or online videos to produce cut-price platforms. Weapons or smart components can be added later.
The 800-kilogram prototype that looks like a small, turretless tank with its wheels on tracks can travel up to 30 kilometers on one charge of a battery the size of a small beer cooler. Mykhailo Fedorov, the deputy prime minister for digital transformation, is encouraging citizens to take free online courses and assemble aerial drones at home. He wants Ukrainians to make a million of flying machines a year.Denysenko's company is working on projects including a motorized exoskeleton that would boost a soldier's strength and carrier vehicles to transport a soldier's equipment and even help them up an incline.
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