{"id":3042,"date":"2013-06-20T18:34:08","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T18:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/azureblog.smallvehicleresource.com\/?p=3042"},"modified":"2013-06-20T18:34:08","modified_gmt":"2013-06-20T18:34:08","slug":"robotic-stovs-searching-for-non-military-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/20\/robotic-stovs-searching-for-non-military-markets\/","title":{"rendered":"Robotic STOVs Searching For Non-Military Markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/azureblog.smallvehicleresource.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/john-deere-r-gator-web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3043\" title=\"john-deere-r-gator-web\" src=\"http:\/\/azureblog.smallvehicleresource.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/john-deere-r-gator-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cuts in defense spending are pushing vendors of robotic mules for the military to look for non-battlefield market opportunities. While some of these vehicles can be quite large, the R-Gator from John Deere is basically an autonomous UTV. John Deere took their expertise developed for precision farming and transferred it to a Gator for military applications. One of the basic uses for these vehicles in a military setting is to carry some of the soldiers gear or additional equipment that might be too burdensome. ??For example, the R-Gator has been used in training exercises to carry 100 lb robots used for bomb disposal. The first R-Gator was used by the Navy for perimeter patrol. Typically these robotic vehicles can operate in four modes: ??autonomous, leader-follower, tele-operated and manual.<\/p>\n<p>The civilian applications are potentially wide-ranging, encompassing any task that is &#8220;too dirty or dangerous&#8221; for a person to do. Manufacturers are eyeing emergency response, disaster recovery, security, fire suppression, humanitarian supply, law enforcement and agriculture applications. <a title=\"Robotic Mule Vendors Seek Opportunities Outside Military \" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationaldefensemagazine.org\/archive\/2013\/July\/Pages\/RoboticMuleVendorsSeekOpportunitiesOutsideMilitary.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Learn more: ??Nationaldefensemagazine.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Comment<\/strong>: ??If successful, this would join a long list of military technology that has found a fertile market on the civilian side. One related technology that is just coming to the civilian side is non-pneumatic tires for UTVs and other off-road vehicles. Polaris is one of the manufacturers trying to transfer this technology. The increasing capabilities of off-road STOVs are a good match for the autonomous technology of these vehicles that requires the ability to handle a variety of difficult terrain and obstacles.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cuts in defense spending are pushing vendors of robotic mules for the military to look for non-battlefield market opportunities. While some of these vehicles can be quite large, the R-Gator from John Deere is basically an autonomous UTV. 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