车载人工智能系统可让地面机器人和无人机在与人类操作员失去联系后继续执行任务
2026年8月4日 美国东部时间11:09 / 福克斯新闻
作者：基拉·麦克唐纳、安德鲁·马克·米勒
美军为下一代军用机器人开发AI“大脑”
EdgeRunner AI创始人兼首席执行官泰勒·萨尔茨曼告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，美军正与他的公司合作，打造一款AI“大脑”，为下一代自主军用机器人提供动力。
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【福克斯新闻独家首发】 随着AI主导权竞赛愈演愈烈，美国陆军正与一家人工智能（AI）公司合作，为军用机器人打造一款AI“大脑”，该系统能够思考、理解周围环境，并在与人类操作员失去联系后继续执行任务。
国防AI公司EdgeRunner AI与美国陆军研究实验室合作，开发了一套车载AI系统，让军用机器人在失去网络连接的战场环境中，无需依赖云计算或互联网连接即可正常运作。
“我们倾向于将机器人视为AI的下一个前沿领域，”EdgeRunner AI创始人兼首席执行官泰勒·萨尔茨曼告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
“可以把它们看作非常前沿的边缘设备，有点像手机、平板电脑或笔记本电脑。但现在我们可以将一个‘大脑’或神经网络直接安装在机器人上，让机器人在执行任务、协助作战人员时能够掌握上下文信息。”
中国正在打造AI战争机器。华盛顿必须趁早醒悟，否则悔之晚矣
EdgeRunner AI创始人兼首席执行官泰勒·萨尔茨曼告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，该公司正与美国陆军合作，为下一代军用机器人开发AI“大脑”。（福克斯新闻数字频道/EdgeRunner AI 供图）
此次合作之际，美中两国正竞相将AI融入本国军队，双方均将AI视为在未来冲突中保持技术优势的关键。
萨尔茨曼表示，美国在全球AI竞赛中保持领先地位至关重要，他称中国在无人机制造领域的主导地位“令人担忧”。
“中国是否领先于我们尚有争议，但即便真的领先，优势也不会太大，”他说。
萨尔茨曼表示，当前的AI“过于通用”，这也是他的公司正在开发针对特定军事任务的技术的原因。
“作战人员不需要19世纪的诗歌，”他说。“他们需要针对自身岗位的特定情报，以便在激烈的战斗中做出更好的决策，从而提高赢得战斗的概率。”
该AI系统可与空中无人机配合使用，旨在帮助机器人“规划不同路线”，同时完成探测爆炸物、运送弹药、侦察路线和报告敌军活动等任务。
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萨尔茨曼表示，这项技术仍处于“开发阶段”，它赋予军用机器人理解所看到事物的能力，而不仅仅是识别物体。（EdgeRunner AI 供图）
“将它们结合使用时，你就能更清晰地掌握战场态势，提升 situational awareness（战场态势感知能力），”他说。
萨尔茨曼表示，当通信中断时，军方将需要能够自主继续做出决策的自主系统。
“你可以让人类操作员控制地面机器人或空中无人机，”他说。“但如果他们遭到雷达干扰并失去连接，那么机器人上的神经网络仍能继续执行任务，继续协助作战人员。”
萨尔茨曼认为，军方“不能在战争中依赖互联网接入”，他警告称，依赖SpaceX的星链等系统可能会给任务带来“风险”。
“星链的问题在于，如果你使用它，实际上就等于向敌人暴露了你的位置，所以你无异于身上挂着一个 Beacon（信标），上面写着‘嘿，我在这里’，”他说。
深入了解中国针对台海冲突打造的AI“狼群”无人机
2023年3月27日，美国陆军士兵站在叙利亚东北部哈塞克省鲁迈兰郊区靠近土耳其边境的一辆装甲军车旁。（德利勒·苏莱曼/法新社 via 盖蒂图片社）
萨尔茨曼以俄乌战争为例，表示无人机的成功推动了人们对自主地面机器人的新一波研发热潮。
“随着无人机变得无处不在，现在地面机器人成了下一个热门领域，最终还会出现人形机器人，也就是移动和外形都类似人类的机器人，”他说。
尽管军方大力推进军用AI技术发展，但萨尔茨曼表示，安全问题不能被忽视，该技术采用“透明”数据集开发，以便“理解AI的偏差”。
“这是我们的另一项差异化优势，”他说。“当前的问题之一是如何安全地使用AI，如何为其设置护栏，以及如何理解其运行机制。”
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尽管这项技术仍处于“开发阶段”，但萨尔茨曼表示，这项突破赋予了机器人理解所看到事物的能力，而不仅仅是识别物体。
“你可以在机器人上安装计算机视觉模型，让它们能够‘看见’，但如果它们不理解所看到内容的上下文，就毫无用处，而这正是我们正在解决的问题。”
基拉·麦克唐纳是福克斯新闻数字频道的制作助理。
Battlefield robots open new front in innovation war with major US adversary
The onboard AI system allows ground robots and drones to continue missions even after losing contact with human operators
August 4, 2026 11:09am EDT / Fox News
By Kiera McDonald, Andrew Mark Miller
Army developing AI ‘brain’ for next generation of military robots
EdgeRunner AI Founder and CEO Tyler Saltsman told Fox News Digital how the Army is working with his company to build an AI “brain” designed to power the next generation of autonomous military robots.
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FIRST ON FOX: The U.S. Army is teaming up with an artificial intelligence (AI) company to build an AI “brain” for military robots that can think, understand their surroundings and continue missions even after losing contact with human operators as the race for AI dominance intensifies.
Working with the Army Research Laboratory, defense AI company EdgeRunner AI has developed an onboard AI system that allows military robots to function in the battlefield without relying on cloud computing or an internet connection in environments where connectivity is lost.
“We like to think of robots as the next frontier of AI,” EdgeRunner AI Founder and CEO Tyler Saltsman told Fox News Digital.
“Think of them as a very far-out edge device, kind of like a cell phone, a tablet or a laptop. But now what we can do is we can put a brain, or a neural network, right on that robot so that robots can have context when they’re on a mission helping the warfighter.”
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EdgeRunner AI Founder and CEO Tyler Saltsman told Fox News Digital about the company’s work with the U.S. Army to develop an AI “brain” for the next generation of military robots.(Fox News Digital/EdgeRunner AI)
The partnership comes as the U.S. and China race to integrate AI into their militaries, with both countries viewing AI as critical to maintaining a technological edge in future conflicts.
Saltsman said it’s important for the U.S. to stay ahead in the global AI race, calling China’s dominance in drone manufacturing “problematic.”
“Whether or not China’s ahead of us is debatable, but if China is, it’s not by much,” he said.
Saltsman said today’s AI is “too generalized,” which is why his company is developing technology built for specific military missions.
“Warfighters don’t need 19th-century poetry,” he said. “They need specific intelligence to his or her occupation in order to make better decisions in the heat of battle and that can increase the probability of winning the fight.”
Working alongside aerial drones, the AI is designed to help robots “problem solve through different routes” while detecting explosives, carrying ammunition, scouting routes and reporting enemy activity.
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Saltsman said the technology remains in the “development phase” and gives military robots the ability to understand what they see, not just detect it.(EdgeRunner AI)
“As you combine them together, you get a much better clarity of the battlefield and increased situational awareness,” he said.
When communications are cut off, Saltsman said the military will need autonomous systems that can continue making decisions on their own.
“You can have a human pilot that controls the ground robot or the drone in the air,” he said. “But then if they were to be jammed by a radar jammer and lose connectivity, then the neural network on that robot can still continue the mission and still aid the warfighter.”
Saltsman argued the military “can’t rely on internet access in war,” warning that depending on systems like SpaceX’s Starlink could add a “risk” to missions.
“The problem with Starlink is if you use it, you’re effectively showing the enemy where you are, so you might as well be wearing a beacon on you saying, ‘Hey, here’s where I’m located,’” he said.
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U.S. Army soldiers stand near an armored military vehicle on the outskirts of Rumaylan in Syria’s northeastern Hasakeh province, bordering Turkey, on March 27, 2023.(Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images)
Pointing to the Russia-Ukraine war, Saltsman said the success of drones has sparked a new push for autonomous ground robots.
“As drones have become ubiquitous, now ground robots are like the next thing and then eventually humanoid robots so robots that move and look like humans, ” he said.
Despite the push to advance military AI, Saltsman said safety can’t take a back seat and that the technology is built using “transparent” datasets to “understand the biases ” of the AI.
“That’s another thing that differentiates us,” he said. “One of the problems is how to use AI safely, how to put guardrails around it and how to understand it.”
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While the technology remains in the “development phase,” Saltsman said the breakthrough gives robots the ability to understand what they see, not just detect it.
“You can put computer vision models on robots so they can see, but if they don’t understand the context of what they’re seeing, they’re not useful and that’s what we’re solving for.”
Kiera McDonald is a Production Assistant for Fox News Digital.
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