Mesa Robotics’ mini-tank is perfectly happy on point (video)

Oct 22nd 2011
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Mesa Robotics mini-tank is perfectly happy on point (video)

The Acer ground-bot from Mesa Robotics does rather more than your average 4,500-pound semi-autonomous mule. As well as carrying kit and providing that extra little bit of ballistic steel-deflecting cover, it also scans for IEDs using ground-penetrating radar after which autonomously switches into “flail” mode when it finds one — digging up and detonating that critter with barely a break in its 6MPH stride. Did we mention it also acts as a landing pad for small drones? No? That’s as the video after the break says all of it. Cue obligatory guitars , game controllers and armchair gung-ho .

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