Dayton-Wright
RoboScore
31.0
Out of 100. Its robots, plus proof from customers and the press.
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RoboIndex
31.0
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The Kettering Bug was not made by a robotics company; it was built by the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company as an experimental unmanned aerial torpedo, later nicknamed the Kettering Bug.
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How it worksThe score is 65% robots, 30% proof from customers and the press, 5% range of robots. Activity and readiness are shown for context.
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Wikipedia
- Kettering Aerial Torpedo “Bug”
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