Mobile robots: big benefits for US military

Abstract

Describes two types of mobile robots designed for the US military. One is the mobile detection assessment response system (MDARS), which is an automated robotic security and inventory system capable of patrolling interior and exterior warehouses and storage sites for the Department of Defense. The other is the spiral track autonomous robot (STAR), a multi‐terrain military vehicle used to reduce risk to military personnel and equipment. Both autonomous robots allow the US military to decrease unsecured threats and to increase savings which arise from the prevention of expensive hardware loss.