New Unmanned Ground Vehicle Unveiled

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A new version of a Russian modular unmanned ground vehicle has been unveiled. A photo of the Marker UGV was released by the Russian Foundation for Advanced Research Fund, National Center for the Development of Technologies and Basic Elements of Robotics.

The new combat robot is expected to lay the basis for testing the interoperability of ground robots, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Special Operations Forces.

The center’s announcement said that the prototype of a wheeled unmanned platform autonomous trekked up a 30-kilometer path during the test in the Chelyabinsk region.

According to the statement, cited by defence-blog.com, “the route of the vehicle was laid through an unprepared territory – a forest-steppe with a snow covert.” “The autonomous platform motion control system, having received a route assignment with the coordinates of a given point, ensured the platform’s arrival at the finish line in an hour and a half, relying on the data of the technical vision system built on new neural network algorithms. The autonomous control system of the platform movement provides autonomous laying and adjustment of the route of movement in the event of obstacles – trees, rises, ravines, bushes, etc.”

In June it was reported that tests were conducted in controlling the Marker with voice commands.

The Marker is positioned as a modular kit for creating unmanned vehicles for future warfare.