简介

应用

简介

龙行者（英语：Dragon Runner）是一种为城镇战组装的军用机器人。

重量9磅(4公斤)，算是轻巧能放进海军背包携带。最初的计划是由海军陆战队联合卡内基美隆大学投入资金。机器人于卡内基美隆大学进行设计，当时电子工程学与热塑性外壳皆已开发，并由Automatika公司进行装配。

机器人有四个轮子，长15英吋（38厘米），不到1英呎宽，以及高5英吋(13厘米)。机器人相当耐用，还能丢过围墙，在楼梯井爬上爬下，从一辆每小时45哩（每小时70公里)的交通工具，或者甚至从一个三楼高度的窗户。It does not matter how it lands because neither side is the right side up. However, it was not designed to drive up or down stairs on its own. Instead, Dragon Runner was designed so that it could be carried up the stairway.

应用

龙行者是为因应极危险区域或士兵难以接近的地方而被设计出的，尤其是在城市环境里。龙行者的前悬挂装置，tilting camera provides a video feed that is relayed back to its master controller by a wireless modem. It can save lives by providing soldiers with a view around corners and other obstructions that prevent them from seeing hidden enemies.

龙行者能在三种不同模式下运作：

疾驰模式：龙行者于四处各处疾驰，并将影像传回给操控者。警戒模式：龙行者于原地保持静止不动，使用麦克风与能侦测可达30英尺（9米）距离动静的传感器。假如它侦测出一些状况，将发动警报给操控者。监视模式：龙行者于原地保持静止不动，并陆续将影像传回操控者。

修正包含flippers that enable it to climb stairs and treads that can all be snapped on quickly and easily in the field by a soldier with no tools.

2010年1月，under a contract worth £12米 with QinetiQ英国, around 龙行者were ordered by the British army to improve the ability of bomb disposal experts to find and deactivate improvised explosive devices on the front line in 阿富汗. The first in use were then already proving its worth against the threat of 路边炸弹。