# Robotic Hunting Packs Pentagon to Produce Multi-Robot Pursuit System By Pearl | Published 2008-10-30 | Tech Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/robotic-hunting-packs-robots-to-search-and-detect-uncooperative-humans References: [newscientist](http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2008/10/packs-of-robots-will-hunt-down.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=specrt10_head_Pack) & [dodsbir.net](http://www.dodsbir.net/SITIS/display_topic.asp?Bookmark=34565) The Pentagon is looking for a contractor to come up with a "multi-robot pursuit system to search for and detect an uncooperative human." Yes, [packs of robots](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/aipowered-robot-dog) will be sent to hunt down people like packs of dogs. The software and sensor system will be controlled by a human operator. Potential scenarios include search and rescue, fire fighting and reconnaissance. The sensors could be those that detect human breath and the radio waves which betray a human heart beat. However, New Scientist raised the question about whether the trend may lead to armed droids. The premier science magazine pointed out that since last year, [iRobot](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/remote-checkin) is working with Taser International to mount tasers on their droids. Imagine an army of armed robots in say a crowd control situation or even lethally armed droids controlled by just a single soldier in a war scenario. The concerns expressed by experts in robotic engineering and police/military technologies is whether packs of hunting robots could be used responsibly and the tremendous risk to innocent bystanders could be adequately averted. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.9/10 - Popularity: 7% | Activity: 42% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Tech](https://www.trendhunter.com/tech) > [AI](https://www.trendhunter.com/ai) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Multi-robot Pursuit System:** The development of a multi-robot pursuit system that can search for and detect uncooperative humans presents disruptive innovation opportunities in search and rescue, fire fighting, and reconnaissance. - **Armed Droids:** The potential integration of armed droids raises disruptive innovation opportunities in crowd control situations and war scenarios, with the ability to deploy a controlled army of armed robots. - **Responsible Use of Hunting Robots:** The responsible use of hunting robots raises opportunities for disruptive innovation in robotic engineering and military technologies, ensuring the safe and effective deployment of packs of hunting robots. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Robotics:** The robotics industry can explore disruptive innovation opportunities in the development of multi-robot pursuit systems and the integration of armed droids. - **Security and Defense:** The security and defense industry has the potential to leverage disruptive innovation in the responsible use of hunting robots for crowd control and military operations. - **Emergency Response:** The emergency response industry can benefit from disruptive innovation in the development of multi-robot pursuit systems for search and rescue missions and fire fighting operations. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Dog-Inspired Surveillance Robots](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/robot-dog-concept.md) - [Rugged Quadruped Robots](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rugged-quadruped-robots.md) - [Flame-Throwing Robotic Dogs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/thermonator.md) - [Independently-Running Robotic Dogs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/robotic-dogs.md) - [Bio-Inspired Guard Dog Robots](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cyberdog-2.md) - [Autonomous Mine Detection Robots](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mine-detector-robot.md) - [Contraband-Detecting Robots](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/narc-robot-concept.md) - [Produce-Harvesting Six-Armed Robots](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/hexapod-pro.md) - [Diminutive Quadruped Robots](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/quadruped-robot.md)