Why Robots: Most combat medic casualties occur treating soldiers under fire. Many soldier casualties occur when providing buddy aid. Prevalence of urban operations in peace keeping/humanitarian missions. Operations in hazardous and contaminated areas due to increased threat of weapons of mass destruction. Army Future Combat Systems goal is to require 1/3 of its vehicles to be autonomous by 2015. Robotic vehicles reduce deployment weight, volume, and requirements for airlift.
USAMRMC TATRC Combat Casualty Care and Combat Service Support Robotics Research and Technology Programs
2006
52 pages
Report
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English
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