Unmanned combat systems are becoming an important means of warfare

With the rapid development of science and technology, unmanned combat systems are becoming an important means of warfare, leading to new changes in the forms and styles of warfare. The use and maintenance costs of unmanned combat systems are low, making them particularly suitable for carrying out high-risk missions. It can be said that unmanned combat systems have gone beyond the concept of simple combat tools, and have become human partners and necessary combat forces on the battlefield. Today, unmanned combat systems have begun to demonstrate their capabilities in the military field and have extremely broad application prospects.

Artificial intelligence technology is a technology that simulates, extends, and expands human intelligence. By utilizing this technology, it is possible to effectively perceive the external environment, make autonomous judgments, and take actions on its own, which can have a direct impact on the autonomous actions of unmanned combat systems. The level of artificial intelligence software technology in South Korea is only 75% of that in developed countries (Modern Economic Research Institute), so there is an urgent need to increase research investment in the latest artificial intelligence technology field. The latest artificial intelligence technologies include operation control technology, autonomous movement technology, object recognition technology, position recognition technology, etc.

As the main means of combat on the future battlefield, if ground unmanned combat systems want to gain an advantage, they not only require excellent functional performance of sensors, firepower, mobility, communication systems, etc. on the platform, but also need to have autonomous capabilities that can effectively control and utilize these functions. However, the current ground unmanned combat system in South Korea is still mainly based on remote control, simple business repetition, programmatic, and automated unmanned combat systems, and the research and development direction is only limited to specific functions such as autonomous walking.

Cognitive science is a cutting-edge discipline that explores the information processing processes in the fields of humans, animals, and artificial intelligence. Through cognitive science, it is possible to conduct in-depth research on the cognitive mechanisms of unmanned combat systems, such as judgment and recognition of the surrounding environment, intelligent behavior, knowledge and condition handling, memory and learning.