Currently under contract with TARDEC, this vehicle will
be capable of ‘swabbing’ the surface of a vehicle with a chemical or other WMD
detection sytem or digging a trench to unearth an IED. The system will consist
of a functionally-omnidirectional base, an arm for manipulation tasks, an OCU
(Operator Control Unit), and optional payloads, which can be attached to and
removed from the arm. The user will
use the OCU to wirelessly control the base and arm, to view video, and to hear
and speak audio. The control system will have a “fly-the-gripper” mode to allow the operator to
specify the gripper motion, rather than the motion of individual arm
joints.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 27 September 2006 )
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