Real-life Robot Wars: Russia develops next-generation battle machines that can CLIMB walls as their Deputy PM admits the country is too big to defend using Soviet-era weapons

  • Vladimir Putin is planning to build a robot and drone army to defend Russia
  • Deputy PM Dmitry Rogozin said his Soviet-era equipment was obsolete
  • He also claimed Russia's population was too small to protect its territory 
  • He said: 'The Syrian conflict has shown the future belongs to robotics'  

By Darren Boyle for MailOnline

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Vladimir Putin is preparing to deploy robot tanks that can climb walls as part of his re-equipment of Russian military forces. 

Among the new weapons showcased is a robotic caterpillar capable of carrying 300kg of equipment at speeds up up to 17mph. 

The MCP-300 is being evaluated by the Ministry of Defence Robitics works. 

The Russian military has been testing a new remote control robotic caterpillar-tracked device which can be used as an offensive weapon as well as an all-terrain rescue vehicle 

The Russian military has been testing a new remote control robotic caterpillar-tracked device which can be used as an offensive weapon as well as an all-terrain rescue vehicle 

Russian newspaper Izvestia claims the new machine is able to work in hostile territories even after a nuclear, chemical or a biological welfare attack without risking the lives of soldiers 

Russian newspaper Izvestia claims the new machine is able to work in hostile territories even after a nuclear, chemical or a biological welfare attack without risking the lives of soldiers 

According to the Russian newspaper Izvestia, the new machine can work in hostile territories, even after nuclear, chemical and biological attack. 

It can be fitted with weapons, sensors and arms to load and unload itself. 

Military expert Oleg Zheltonozhko said: 'For rescue, demining and chemical reconnaissance robots working amid the rubble of a combat damaged city, high cross-country capacity is of paramount importance.'

According to Tass news agency, Russian deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin admitted the nation's Soviet era equipment was obsolete. This has been demonstrated by the Syrian conflict. 

The machine can be equipped with arms to collect soil samples or even load and unload itself

The machine can be equipped with arms to collect soil samples or even load and unload itself

He told reporters: 'Much has been done, we have made major technological progress. But everything that has been made was designed in the Soviet era. I can feel it in my bones that we won’t be able to advance using only innovations of the past. 

'Even the Syrian campaign has shown that the future belongs to robotics and unmanned aircraft.' 

Rogozin told students at a meeting in Tomsk, in Siberia that Russia's territory is so large, they do not have the population to patrol the area. 

He said: 'We are moving towards intelligent weapons because we need them.' 

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