PackBot

PackBot is a series of military robot manufacturer iRobot.

Use

The robot allows the emergency services at a safe distance and coverage in buildings, bunkers, caves, tunnels, sewers and ruins spy. In this way, enemy IEDs, mines, weapons caches and soldiers should be recognized.

The PackBot has been used since 2002 by U.S. troops in Afghanistan since 2003 and Iraq in house fighting and vehicle controls. In 2007, more than 800 PackBots worldwide were in the service.

Technology

The little robot weighs in the currently used PackBot variant 18 kg (later versions should weigh less than 15 kg ) and has a top speed of 14 kilometers per hour. The robot features in addition to a normal rubber chain with which he can go up to sixty percent slopes, even so-called pinball. This " upstream processes " can be rotated 360 degrees and allow it to overcome the vehicle higher obstacles, to "put on tiptoe ", or to tilt 180 degrees if the PackBot to the vehicle floor is up or to navigate stairs. The robot is submersible up to two meters of water and can be thrown through the window.

The SUGV includes a GPS receiver and an electronic compass. Optical and infrared sensors, which in the are "head", can be up to 0.5 meters high, which could drive through the "neck". It is controlled by a Pentium processor, its modular design includes USB ports, Ethernet and network capability. Control is either via a laptop PC, or a mini display before the eyes of the operator and a control controller in his hand.

Specifications

  • Neck length: 0.5 m neck
  • Price: about $ 45,000
  • Maximum speed: 14 km / h
  • Head: 360 ° viewfinder rotation
  • Climbing Ability: up to 60% slope
  • Diving: up to 2 m deep
  • Weight: 18 kg, later < 15 kg

XM1216 Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle ( SUGV )

The XM1216 Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle ( SUGV ) is a project to develop a remote-controlled, light reconnaissance robot. It is based on the PackBot Explorer. Another version is to be suitable for the detection of chemical warfare agents. Delivery of the basic version began in 2008 for experimental purposes.

The advanced version is to be used with a battery charge up to six hours, up to a kilometer above ground and in tunnels up to 200 meters can work away from the controller.

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