The Marker unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) is being developed by Russia’s equivalent of DARPA, the Foundation for Advanced Studies (FPI). It is armed with a 7.62mm machine gun and a pair of guided anti-tank missiles, and has been involved in several development projects.
According to the report, the tests were carried out in the Chelyabinsk region with two wheeled vehicles and one tracked. The longest journey was 100 kilometers which took over five hours, including on-road and off-road elements. The operator only needed to select the start and end points; the robot found its own route, creating a map as it went using cameras and other sensors. It automatically avoided obstacles while sticking to the fastest route.
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