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posted by hubie on Wednesday October 02, @09:44PM   Printer-friendly
from the 40-miles-a-day-on-LiPo-and-hay dept.

The Register is reporting that the US Army has ordered a new round of wheeled, equipment hauling robots.

The Small Multipurpose Equipment Transport Increment II (S-MET II) is set to be built by American Rheinmetall Vehicles and HDT Expeditionary Systems, the Army said. The pair were awarded a combined total of $22 million for eight prototype vehicles to be delivered at an unspecified future date.

There is also an official press release:

The second increment seeks to double that payload capacity while adding several improvements identified by Solders during evaluation and operation. Those improvements include: [...]

Previously:
(2017) US Army Brings Robotic Vehicles and UAVs Together in Combat Demonstration


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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by canopic jug on Thursday October 03, @06:17AM (1 child)

    by canopic jug (3949) Subscriber Badge on Thursday October 03, @06:17AM (#1375531) Journal

    You were probably thinking something like rifle mounted robot dogs [futurism.com] running around? Those are apparently already deployed, but just not getting much coverage.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by canopic jug on Thursday October 03, @07:50AM

    by canopic jug (3949) Subscriber Badge on Thursday October 03, @07:50AM (#1375540) Journal
    deployed in testing ...
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