Unmanned ground vehicle tested at Fort Bliss

[unhappycamper]

The Army's new Crusher combat robotic vehicle rolls over a car on a test range Feb. 19 at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.


Unmanned ground vehicle tested at Fort Bliss
By Alicia A. Caldwell - The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Feb 20, 2008 0:00:27 EST

FORT BLISS, Texas — Rolling along through the rugged West Texas desert, the Crusher looks a lot like it could be the newest combat vehicle in the Army’s fleet.

But looks are deceiving.

This 6.5-ton, six-wheeled truck with a .50-caliber machine gun affixed to the top has no driver, no cargo hold for soldiers.

Instead, the Crusher is an unmanned ground combat vehicle that will never see battle.

The brainchild of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, a high-tech research arm of the Department of Defense, and robotics engineers at Carnegie Mellon University, Crusher is a concept vehicle for the Army.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/02/ap_unmanned_080219/



uhc comment: No costs mentioned outside of the $35,000,000 to DARPA.

http://www.defensetech.org/archives/002367.html
http://blogs.zdnet.com/emergingtech/?p=214
http://usmilitary.about.com/od/armyweapons/a/crusher.htm

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. perfect for the city streets of LA, NY, chicago, boston, miami, detroit,

[CJCRANE]

2. Makes ED-209 look like Bambi n/t

[unhappycamper]

3. I had to look it up.

ED-209





Good one. :thumbsup: