The Crusher is a six-wheeled,
all-wheel drive, hybrid
electric, skid-steered,
unmanned ground vehicle
weighing in at 14,000 pounds
with an 8,000-pound payload
capacity.... More» This
video of it is really
bitchin’ too. This thing
can roll over most obstacles
and can accommodate a wide
variety of weapons systems,
an
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The Crusher is a six-wheeled,
all-wheel drive, hybrid
electric, skid-steered,
unmanned ground vehicle
weighing in at 14,000 pounds
with an 8,000-pound payload
capacity.... More» This
video of it is really
bitchin’ too. This thing
can roll over most obstacles
and can accommodate a wide
variety of weapons systems,
and can even operate
autonomously for a time. RPGs
are pretty much worthless when
a column of these are bearing
down on you. Granted,
it’s no AT-AT, but than
nobody gets into it either.
Crusher represents a new class
of UGCVs developed under the
DARPA/Army UGCV-Perception for
Off-Road Robots Integration
(UPI) program. It’s not
the last of it’s
kind… just the first in
what will likely be an entire
unmanned integrated combat
network. It is equipped with
state-of-the-art perception
capabilities and will be used
to validate technologies
necessary for an unmanned
ground vehicle to perform
military missions
autonomously. In other words,
“turn switch on, watch
droids destroy all enemy
forces.”

Category Autos & Vehicles

Tags Crusher, Military, Vehicles, Combat, Unmanned, Darpa