The latest report from U.S unveils that U.S Army will soon test a six-wheeled, 20-foot remote controlled robot to analyze its functionality on rough grounds and by loading it with bulky fire machines and 1,900 pounds of equipments without troops.
This MULE(Multifunction Utility Logistics and Equipment machine) is especially designed to fly on a ‘Black Hawk’ and will carry two 7.62mm machine guns and two Javelin anti-tank missiles plus feed camera data from its on-board sensors.
MULE’s assistant program manager Backers like Major David Byers examines the machine as:
the equivalent of [a] weapon squad. You double the firepower without putting soldiers in harm’s way
According to Carnegie Mellon University researchers to make this machine strong is an easy job but to make this machine to function automatically, smartly and reliably is slightly complex.
Robots are actually designed to drove and navigate automatically therefore; MULE is also expected to follow the same technology by using an Autonomous Navigation System (ANS) whose algorithms can direct its own course.
It is also reportedly said that this two-and-a-half ton Multifunction Utility Logistics and Equipment (MULE) robotic vehicle will lead every light infantry of U.S armed forces in next ten to fifteen years.
