This technological shift is not confined to advanced militaries abroad; it is increasingly rooted in African soil. Countries are experimenting with UGVs to adapt to insurgencies, banditry, and asymmetric warfare. In Nigeria, these innovations are taking shape at the Nigerian Defense Academy, where Colonel Abubakar Surajo Imam leads groundbreaking work in robotics and mechatronics.
In an interview with Global South Pole, the Nigerian military officer explained that UGVs allow militaries to confront high-risk environments without exposing troops, while also multiplying their battlefield strength.
“They can go ahead to detect IEDs, detect ambush areas so that will protect our troops from being endangered. And then the issue of force multiplication, because you have a number of them that can serve more than what human could do if you have like two, three of them ahead. They can be as good as having a section of our troops without having to endanger the troops,” Colonel Imam explained.
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