As commented by MacProHawaii, we’ve had a full month of watching US military exercises in Hawaii. The final RIMPAC 2010 exercise was an amphibious assault by the joint forces of the US Marines 3rd Battalion and Royal Australian Regiment. In the above video the amphibious assault vehicles (AAV) are shown leaving the USS Cleveland. Our [...]
Amphibious Assault Vehicle
August 8th, 2010 · No Comments · military
Tags: AAV·amphibious assault vehicle·marines·RIMPAC 2010
Team GUSS
July 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Dept of Defense, military, robotics
Along side the MAARS was another interesting robotic vehicle called GUSS, the Ground Unmanned Support Surrogate. The team shown included (from left to right) Jesse Hurdus, Torc; Alfred Wicks, Virginia Tech; and Capt. Tim Bove, Marine Corp. Warfighting Laboratory. On first appearances, GUSS looks like a Polaris jeep equipped with antennae and sensors. The units [...]
Tags: Autonomous vehicle·DOD·marines·military·robots
MAARS & GUSS
July 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Dept of Defense, military, robotics
In addition to the “big iron” being used in RIMPAC exercises, there are examples of “little iron” robots being field tested to protect and support the ground forces. I got a chance to see a couple of them this past weekend. Shown in the photo is the Modular Advanced Armed Robotic System (MAARS) unit manufactured [...]
