World’s Largest Robot
Monday, November 10th, 2008
Folks at Carnegie Mellon have teamed up with Caterpillar to create the world’s largest robotic truck.
You may recall Carnegie Mellon won the DARPA Urban challenge with a vehicle named BOSS. They will use some of this software and other technology such as laser range finders, GPS and video cameras in the new trucks.
The truck will sport a 3,550-horsepower, 24-valve engine and travel at at up to 42 miles per hour.
The main idea behind this project is to remove humans from dangerous jobs such as mining.
If you like big trucks, watch this video from Caterpillar.
Link via (ZDNET)
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