![]() ![]() ![]() Successive versions have increased its capabilities. The robot gained national media attention when it was featured in Time Magazine's Best Inventions of 2006. The BEAR is a multi-modal, high-degree-of-freedom robot that can reach out with its hydraulic arms to lift and carry up to 500 pounds complete fine motor tasks with its hands and fingers maneuver with a dual-track system stand up and balance and use cameras and sensors. In June of this year, the BEAR and AnthroTronix controllers underwent live characterization studies with Soldiers observing their capabilities in both urban and wooded terrain. The AnthroTronix remote control systems were integrated with the simulation in December of 2009. An initial series of platoon-level assaults and clearing operations in both wooded and urban terrain were executed in OneSAF, including casualty extractions using both conventional litter rescues and rescues with the BEAR. "It's only once we know how we'll successfully use these technologies that you'll see them put into the field."Ī computer simulation of the BEAR was created in 2009 for use in the Battle Lab's One Semi-Autonomous Forces (OneSAF) combat operations simulator. ![]() "These can then serve as the basis for developing real-world operational capability needs and requirements," he said. "Our goal with the Battle Lab testing is to get the technology in the hands of the Soldiers, either through simulations or live exercises, and derive from their feedback what tactics, techniques and procedures are appropriate for deploying it," Gilbert said. Gary Gilbert, who manages TATRC's medical robotics portfolio, said the assessments from the Battle Lab provide a key link between research and actual robots that can be used in the field. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command's Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) has helped fund the development of Vecna Technologies' humanoid BEAR, and has funded integration of AnthroTronix's iGlove and M-4 rifle grip controller into the Fort Benning testing. A warfighter could use the equipment to guide the robot to recover a wounded Soldier and bring him or her back to where a combat medic could safely conduct an initial assessment. The BEAR can be controlled remotely by a motion-capture glove or specially-equipped rifle grip. Army Infantry Center Maneuver Battle Lab at Fort Benning, Ga. The Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot, or BEAR, has been tested over the past year by Soldiers at the U.S. 22, 2010) - A robot being tested now may soon have the ability to rescue wounded Soldiers under fire without risking additional lives. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 2 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S. 1 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S. ![]()
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