The new portable tactical manufacturing platforms fit in the Atlantic containers. Those miniature, portable, AI-controlled drone factories can build 17 to 50+ drones per day. That means that drone factories using 3D printer-based technology can produce custom drones for each mission. The 3D printing technology. It is the thing that will revolutionize warfare. If those systems use plastic bodies, they can use any hard plastic, including garbage, to create those plastic parts. If the system must make only small drones, it could be so small that it fits into a suitcase.
The AI-based system can make almost everything. If it can find the right data. The drone. Can be manufactured, and the control program can be loaded into those drones from those automated platforms.
The system simply melts that plastic. The system can use solar power or regular engines. Or fuel cells to create its energy. The system can use things. Like methane from composters, or nuclear power as an energy source. So it can be connected to portable power plants. Or. It can get its energy from a regular electric network. The system can get drawings for its computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) systems from the internet.
This means that planners. They can sit far away from that physical platform. And. They can be assisted by the AI agents. The system can cooperate with other robots that can collect things. Like metal. And plastic garbage that the system can melt and cast into wires for the 3D systems.
And in the wrong hands, those systems. They can be more dangerous than any other system before. The container-sized 3D printer factory involves high-temperature printing tools. Those small. Portable. Fully automatic factories. They can create machine parts and even things like assault weapons. The fact is that the fully automatic 3D printer system can be used to make. The custom spare parts for machines.
"Ukrainian FPV drone with fiber-optic communication channel" (Wikipedia/ Fiber optic drone)
The fiber-optic. FPV drones and humanoid robots can also operate in cases where things like nuclear power plants are damaged. Those systems must not always operate in war zones. But. The same systems. Those who fix the reactor damage can carry weapons. The fact is that. Those systems are required for small modular reactors (SMR) to come into commercial use. Those robots can fix those reactors if their shells are damaged. That denies the radioactive leak.
But. Those systems can also create Many other things. Like tools. And even rocket engines. Those systems must have laser tools to ensure quality. If those high-temperature tools can be used with things. Like chromium as a source material. The combination of 3D printers, robot arms, and high-accuracy laser machine tools is an effective combination. It’s possible that in the future, man-shaped robots can have 3D printers in their hands. And drones can also operate as 3D printers. So, those systems can make even full-size ships. And the wire-controlled drones.
They can also fix things like damaged nuclear reactors. The idea is that a regular drone carries a support station that transforms. Optical or radio-based wireless signals to signals that travel to a humanoid robot or drones through optical wire. Those drones. That could be land vehicles. Can operate multiple robots, like a walker, who controls multiple dogs in multiple lead ropes. There is also a possibility. To make a chain. Of the wire-controlled robots. In that case, the robot’s control electronics can be. In the Faraday cage, which protects it against the ionizing radiation. The robot can use the diesel engine as a power source.
They can be used to make pistons for engines. The CAM system makes tools. Straight from CAD drawings. The system can use holograms to fit those parts. In the right points.
This means they are useful in many roles in civil and military operations. Container factories can operate in remote areas to support the organizations, rescue teams, and military operations. The advanced computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing. (CAD/CAM) Systems are dual-use tools.
They can be used to make spare parts for chainsaws. Or, they can create drones straight from CAD drawings. They are flexible systems. They can be transported anywhere using trucks, ships, or airplanes. They can be tools that can make more than one product. And the other thing is that. Almost everybody. Can buy this kind of high-temperature 3D printing system. Those systems can operate in backyards. And the data and source materials determine the quality of the products.
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https://en.defence-ua.com/weapon_and_tech/wired_fpv_drones_on_optical_fiber_a_dead_end_a_band_aid_or_a_new_technological_breakthrough_opinion-11608.html
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