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Army Wraps Up Soldier Experiment To Test Emerging Tech On Robotic Vehicles

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Army Wraps Up Soldier Experiment To Test Emerging Tech On Robotic Vehicles
A Project Origin experimental vehicle dispenses smoke during a Soldier Touchpoint at Fort Benning, Georgia, Nov. 6, 2020. Photo: U.S. Army.

The Army has wrapped up a multi-week soldier experiment to test a range of emerging technologies on surrogate robot platforms that could be used on the future Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV) fleet, the service said Monday. The latest ‘Project Origin’ demonstration included using robots integrated with a tethered UAS, a counter-UAS jammer and a remote weapon station as well as using running the platforms through water, all potential requirements for RCV capabilities. “The [soldier experiment] reinforced our idea that RCVs…

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