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Spot goes military
Boston Dynamics’ Spot the robot dog has been tested by Ministry of Defence coders. The tests encompassed non-offensive tasks to protect troops by searching and scanning or delivering medicine or food into hazardous or disaster areas.
Colonel Dan Anders-Brown, customer lead at Defence Equipment & Support, said: “The coders have confirmed what we already knew. These are highly capable systems and could significantly reduce risk to life of our soldiers by removing the requirement to carry out dangerous activity in the modern battlespace.”
Value-based procurement standard
With the Construction Innovation Hub’s Value Toolkit now complete and launched, the first iteration of the associated value-based procurement standard is out for consultation. Interested parties can review BSI Flex 390: Built environment – Value-based decision-making – Specification and give their feedback by 18 July.
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