US Marines practice their shooting on human-like autonomous robots which fall over when 'killed'

The US military has traditionally used stationary targets at firing ranges to prepare for war, but a new innovation is transforming the lifeless structures into a more realistic enemy. Camp Lejuene, a Marine Corps base in North Carolina, has adopted the'range of the future' known as G-366, which unleashes autonomous robots in the field that'fall over' when shot, charge at shooters and curse at them in 57 different dialects. Designed by Marathon Targets, the robots run on a rigged four-wheeled chassis that supports a human-shaped target and is fitted with technologies used in self-driving cars to help it navigate through the range. Commanders say they observed a 104 percent increase in combat among soldiers within just 24 hours of using the robotic targets. Camp Lejuene, a Marine Corps base in North Carolina, has adopted the'range of the future' known as G-366, which unleashes autonomous robots in the field that'fall over' when shot, charge at shooters and curse at them in 57 different dialects The robots were deployed at Camp Lejuene on December 12 for a demonstration in which 45 of the moving targets lined the range and rolled out of the woods for lifelike training scenarios.