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Shyu Seeks Industry Help in Defining Open Interfaces For Man Transportable Robotic System

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Shyu Seeks Industry Help in Defining Open Interfaces For Man Transportable Robotic System
The Navy is moving its Advanced EOD Robotic System increment 2 into engineering and manufacturing development, with the aim of eventually replacing the Talon-based Man Transportable Robotic System, above, used by the EOD community today. Photo courtesy U.S. Army.

Heidi Shyu, assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, asked industry for input as the service determines common interfaces and open standards for the Man Transportable Robotic System (MTRS), the near-term solution to the Army’s unmanned route clearance needs. MTRS will be designed around the chassis of the existing Talon robot, of which the Army has deployed more than 2,200 in the past decade to keep soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan safe from roadside bombs and other…

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