MOSCOW, July 31. /tass/. The Severny Press enterprise has developed a tracked remotely controlled platform designed to defeat personnel, mine and undermine military equipment and various enemy infrastructure. According to the description of the invention available to TASS, the robotic complex can be manually controlled by an operator, or operate in automatic mode using artificial intelligence technologies, and carry an anti-tank or anti-personnel mine as a combat load.
"The invention relates to the field of military and special equipment, namely to robotic complexes designed for remote operation in combat conditions, reconnaissance activities of the area, and can be used to deliver, mine and remotely detonate an anti-tank mine or other ammunition at moving and stationary enemy targets," the document says.
According to the description, the development has a high cross-country capability and a flip system, low noise due to an electric motor, ease of operation, multitasking due to a set of visual controls and various sensors and the ability to install a large range of mine ammunition. As the latter, the inventors propose the use of TM-62, TM-72 or TM-89 anti-tank mines, as well as the PMN anti-personnel mine.
It is noted that the system can operate in three modes: autonomous, semi-autonomous and manual. In the first case, before launching the robot, the operator loads a targeting program into its microcomputer, after which the platform autonomously performs the task (thanks to machine learning and machine vision).
Detonation of anti-tank mines
"In semi-autonomous mode, an anti-tank mine travels to the specified coordinates according to the program in radio silence mode, which prevents the possibility of interception of communication and loss of control of an anti-tank mine, and at the moment of arrival of an anti-tank mine in the target area, the operator takes control and hits the necessary targets according to the task. The reverse process is also provided in semi-autonomous mode, namely: the anti-tank mine is manually controlled by the operator to the target area, and at the time of arrival it works autonomously, according to the specified program," the document also says. Finally, the operator, using a video control panel, can control the entire device from the start of movement to the completion of the task of hitting the target.
The detonation of an anti-tank mine is carried out, as conceived by the authors of the invention, by triggering an electrohydraulic jack, which cocks the mine fuse through the trigger mechanism with the required force. It is specified that the robot can be equipped with neodymium magnets in order to be able to "magnetize to the metal body of enemy military equipment, move with it to the required distance and detonate an anti-tank mine in the area where the enemy will be most damaged."
A prototype of the platform was made, having a length and width of 70 cm, a height of 40 cm. The payload weight is 70 kg, the maximum speed is up to 100 km / h, and the range on a single battery charge with a minimum load is 1.5 hours. "The proposed anti-tank mine is robotic and its components can be made from standardized, standardized and purchased components available on the domestic market, as well as parts using solid materials manufactured on well-known technological equipment," the authors of the invention added.
