A Florida based startup has developed a done that can carry and fire military weapons, including rifles and grenade launchers.
The TIKAD drone, which was tested on a target in Israel in 2015, is remotely-operated and has been refined to absorb recoil motion from the firing of a weapon.
The drone, which has the potential to reduce the number of boots on the ground in conflict situations, has already been ordered by the Israeli military and is being pitched for use by the US military.
The TIKAD drone, which was tested on a target in Israel in 2015, has been refined to absorb recoil motion from the firing of a weapon
Duke Robotics co-founder and 20-year Israeli military veteran Lieutenant Colonel Raziel Atuar told Defense One that the drone can carry up to 22 pounds (10 kilograms) and is remotely operated.
This means that a person would control the multirotor drone’s flight and targeting from a distance.
THE TIKAD DRONE
A Florida based startup has developed that can carry and fire military weapons, including rifles and grenade launchers.
The TIKAD drone, which was tested on a target in Israel in 2015, has been refined to absorb recoil motion from the firing of a weapon.
Florida based startup Duke Robotics has developed a done that can carry and fire military weapons, including rifles and grenade launchers
The drone can carry up to 22 pounds (10 kilograms) and is remotely operated.
This means that a person would control the multirotor drone’s flight and targeting from a distance.
The TIKAD can be deployed above water and ends with a minimum risk situation.
Until now, troops had to be there to investigate.
The TIKAD can be deployed above water and ends with a minimum risk situation. Until now, troops had to be there to investigate
The TIKAD can be deployed above water and ends with a minimum risk situation.
Until now, troops had to be there to investigate.
According to a video by Duke Robotics, the drone can identify enemies and be deployed in areas that human soldiers cannot reach or are simply dangerous.
When the Israeli military tested a 30-pound (13-kilogram) rifle on an consumer drone supplied by Duke Robotics, it was able to stay in the air for just five minutes.
But this was an off-the-shelf drone, and the design has since been improved.
Duke Robotics co-founder Raziel Atuar said that he was inspired to design the drone after he grew fed-up of seeing his fellow soldiers and civilians die in street battles in Israel.
The drone can carry up to 22 pounds (10 kilograms) and is remotely operated. This means that a person would control the multirotor drone’s flight and targeting from a distance
‘You have small groups [of adversaries] working within crowded civilian areas using civilians as shields,’ Atuar said.
‘But you have to go in.
‘Even to just get a couple of guys with a mortar, you have to send in a battalion and you lose guys.
According to a video by Duke Robotics, the drone can identify enemies and be deployed in areas that human soldiers cannot reach or are simply dangerous
‘People get hurt. ‘
‘The operational challenge, it bothered us.’
In 2016, the US Department of Defense chose the TIKAD drone as the winner of the 2016 terror combat competition.
In 2016, the US Department of Defense chose the TIKAD drone as the winner of the 2016 terror combat competition
The TIKAD drone, which was tested on a target in Israel in 2015, has been refined to absorb recoil motion from the firing of a weapon
This isn’t the first done that’s been developed for military purposes.
In July of this year, the US army revealed an experimental drone that resembles a flying squirrel, relying on tilt-rotors to ‘transform in flight.’
The design could allow for unmanned craft that work alongside soldiers on the field in real time, acting as an extra set of eyes to scout out potential dangers ahead.
When the Israeli military tested a 30-pound (13-kilogram) rifle on an consumer drone supplied by Duke Robotics, it was able to stay in the air for just five minutes. But this was an off-the-shelf drone, and the design has since been improved
Lieutenant Colonel Raziel Atuar, a 20-year Israeli military veteran and the co-founder of Duke Robotics, said that he was inspired to design the drone after he grew fed-up of seeing his fellow soldiers and civilians die in street battles in Israel
While previous attempts to create drones of this kind combine a typical quadrotor and a fixed wing aircraft, the new approach allows the motors themselves to tilt, to optimize weight and efficiency.
It uses a large half-circle of orange paper to slow its movements, and, using a motion capture system, the position of the craft can be tracked as it flies, and these these coordinates can be used for optimal control.
And last year in 2016, the ‘bomb robot’ killing of a suspected Dallas shooter may have been the first lethal use of an automated device by American police.
In July of this year, the US army revealed an experimental drone that resembles a flying squirrel, relying on tilt-rotors to ‘transform in flight.’ According to the experts, this design could allow for unmanned craft that work alongside soldiers, scouting out potential dangers
The US Army has revealed an experimental drone that resembles a flying squirrel (pictured), relying on tilt-rotors to ‘transform in flight.’ The new approach allows the motors themselves to tilt, to optimize weight and efficiency
It was not immediately clear what kind of device was used by the Explosive Ordnance Squad in Dallas, but the force is known to have access to a Northrop Grumman Remotec Andros F6A or F6B, a ground drone and standard model for police and military use.
William Flanagan, a retired deputy police chief from New York’s Nassau County who now does law enforcement and technology consulting, speculated that police in Dallas probably equipped their robot with a low-powered explosive – possibly one similar to what bomb squads use to blow up suspicious packages – that would only disable what’s closest to it.
The Dallas police force is known to have access to a Northrop Grumman Remotec Andros F6A or F6B, a standard model for police and military use
It was not immediately confirmed what device was used in Dallas, Texas. Here, Arlington Fire Department officials stand by a robot bomb disposal vehicle made by Northrop Grumman, a standard model for police and military use and one of three at the department’s disposal