Shooting training system

A method of shooting training comprising:

• providing a target-bearing mobile platform with a shot detection system adapted to navigate over an extended domain;
• operating the target-bearing mobile platform over the domain;
• a shooter shooting at the target;
• the shot detection system determining information about the shot, wherein the shot generated by the shooter and passing proximate the target, but not striking the target;
• a transmitter on the target-bearing mobile platform transmitting the information about the shot to a receiver associated with the shooter;
• operating a processor operably connected to the target-bearing mobile platform to generate motion of the target-bearing platform in response to the shot information, and the motion of the platform is in a direction based on the location of the shot.

A shooting training system comprising:

• a self-propelled robotic target support platform operable to navigate on an extended surface;
• the self-propelled robotic target support platform supporting a target;
• the self-propelled robotic target support platform including a sensor array adapted to detect and register shot information about a shot generated by a shooter passing proximate the target;
• a transmitter on the self-propelled robotic target support platform adapted to transmit the shot information;
• a receiver associated with the shooter adapted to receive the shot information including a location of the shot and to provide shot information to the shooter;
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• including a processor operably connected to the self-propelled robotic target support platform and adapted to generate motion of the self-propelled robotic target support platform in response to the shot information and in a direction based on the location of the shot.