{
  "id": 12223430,
  "title": "The US Army created a new robotics job for special operations. Now, the service wants to go bigger.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/the-us-army-created-a-new-robotics-job-for-special-operations-now-the",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-05T20:01:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/us-army-special-ops-new-robotics-job-2026-10"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The US Army has created a specialized robotics job for special operations personnel, with plans to expand the role throughout the entire conventional force. The new role, titled \"Robotics Technician,\" involves building, modifying, and integrating robotics and new technologies to provide technical advisors for commanders in the field. This comes as the Army recognizes the need for specialists who can keep pace with rapidly evolving battlefield technology, especially in light of the evolving nature of conflicts like the war in Ukraine. The Army's Special Operations Command (SOCOM) will provide feedback for expanding this specialty beyond special operations in the coming weeks. The program, which graduated its first 10 soldiers last week at the Army's John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School in North Carolina, is considered a pilot for the Army at large. The new roles complement a second position, the \"Robotics Technology Integrators Course\" graduate, who will understand new technologies and work alongside the Robotics Technicians. The Army's approach is compared to a racing team, with the RTIC Graduate as the high-performance racing driver and the Robotics Technician as the crew chief who designs the engine, writes the telemetry software, and formulates the team's strategy.",
  "summary": "After its first technicians graduated, the Army anticipates scaling the course across the service to train more experts.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}