A robotic system named Marker will help train joint actions by ground robots, unmanned aircraft, and special forces. The tests are already underway; developers call the robot a ‘construction set for creating models of combat operations of the future’.
Marker was developed by the National Center for Technology Development and Basic Robotics of the Advanced Research Foundation and the Android Technology research and production association. Android Technology has already built a humanoid robot, FEDOR (Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research), and the advanced robotic system Nerekhta which can act as substitution for reconnaissance units.
The engineers’ new development can be controlled remotely and by operators. Commands can be given to Marker directly at the combat location through the use of the advanced gun sights, according to RIA Novosti news agency. The robot will be able to help coordinate actions of special units and unmanned aircraft during special operations.
Engineers say that modern ground robotic systems are becoming more and more autonomous, with operators’ functions constantly reducing. A video has already appeared on the web to present the new robot, showing a rather big self-propelled caterpillar-tracked platform. Marker is equipped with illumination devices in front of it and various aiming devices and cannons on top. As can be seen in the video, the robot can imitate the actions of a serviceman who stands near by turning in the same direction.