License to Drive: Oshkosh Truck Unmanned Ground Vehicle

[hitmynuts11]

lol its a tank

[landroverrox]

that first oshkosh looks really scary.

[golfer1234567899]

The Owner of Oshkosh Truck gave me a free Dodge Viper!

[WoogyMonster]

The future is now. Get used to it.

[Nmemonicus]

this technology has been around for a long time its nothing new they tested a section of California freeway with something like this and it worked awesome all the cars and trucks were controlled by a computer since comp can adjust speed and braking so much faster the freeway was able to handle much more traffic with less wasted time but of course  at the time the cost to set it up was $10,000 per mile

[Nialsh]

These are the only people who made their DARPA car look as cool as it actually is. Good work.

[economistBR]

Great job you guys.

I hope one day all truck drivers are replaced by Oshkosh trucks.

[wardog99s]

but that does leave allot of good people out of the job...

[nc01sadh]

The idea is you won't be in the vechile yourself but you would be controlling the movement of the vechile through remote/computer. So, you are not out there and risking your life from IED or other attacks.

[economistBR]

Great job you guys.

I hope one day all truck drivers are replaced by Oshkosh trucks.

[jonasmacs]

I have a brother that works on a similar product. They use GPS to tell the vehicle where to go and it goes by itself. It senses obstacles and avoids them. Their biggest problems is for the computer whether or not it's a puddle or a lake. Size doesn't matter, but depth does!

[economistBR]

HAHAha true, didn't think of that.

How do you explain a PC what's a puddle and what's a lake? LOL

What about card boxes and bricks?? LOL

What about enemy soldiers? How do you tell a truck to run over an enemy or to stop if it's a child?

[TeamOshkosh]

Amazingly, it's the latter. Computers are sensing and reacting as they go -- identifying obstacles, obeying traffic laws and planning its route.

[wardog99s]

how much memory does that take? and whats the power source?

[JollieRancherman]

It's amazing to see unmanned vehicles move with such precision. Are people "steering" them like a giant radio controlled cars or are computers sensing and reacting as they go?

[Schneli1]

This is awesome!