Speaking of unmanned equipment, we are not unfamiliar, the development speed of domestic in this regard is very fast, not only unmanned aerial vehicles have become a rookie in the global equipment foreign trade, but also a large number of unmanned boats, unmanned combat vehicles, robots and unmanned transport vehicles in self-use equipment. It can be said that in terms of unmanned equipment, China has embarked on a path of "machine mania", and there has also been great development in heavier UAV armor. Recently, we have seen the "six-legged mech" unmanned equipment developed by HIT, which not only has a domineering appearance, but also has a very strong mountain mobility ability.
According to social media reports, we saw a mobile robot developed by Harbin Institute of Technology, and this UAV equipment not only has the domineering appearance of "six legs", but also refreshes the military fans' previous understanding of unmanned equipment with strong maneuverability and carrying performance.
According to the details of the picture, we can see that this "six-legged mech" is very large in size, consisting of a carrier platform and six insect-like "foot" structures, if the image is very similar to a large spider. Each foot consists of a curved arthropod structure with a lot of cables connected to it, which should be the testing phase, and the official model will be inside the robot. As for the middle carrier platform, it is very wide, and can carry 6 larger box items side by side, which is convenient if it carries important ammunition and supplies in battle. At the same time, the "six-legged mech" is also one of the largest robots in China in size and weight, which can be said to be a breakthrough development of similar equipment.
In terms of weight, the "six-legged mech" weighs nearly 10 tons, giving it a strong carrying capacity. Especially for 220 mm rockets with a large diameter and 155 mm howitzer shells, if such a heavy weight, individual soldiers are difficult to transport materials, in the transport vehicle and insurmountable complex terrain, you can use this "six-legged mech" for transportation, compared to the man pulling shoulders to get to the artillery position, obviously the efficiency of unmanned equipment is higher.
From the perspective of the structure of mimicking insect arthropods, it is speculated that the original design of this "six-legged mech" still takes into account mountain and high-altitude environments, in which wheeled vehicles are more difficult to advance without roads, all-terrain vehicles are difficult to transport large-size and large-weight items, and tracked vehicles are not flexible enough. The "six-legged mech" can travel freely at high altitudes and mountainous environments, and its low target characteristics, as well as appropriate camouflage camouflage camouflage, can also play a good concealment effect, which is more conducive to transporting supplies to the front.
In fact, as early as around 2021, Professor Liu Yingxiang of Harbin Institute of Technology published a paper entitled "Resonant Hexapod Piezoelectric Robot Inspired by Arthropods". And also developed a tiny six-legged robot. And military fans also speculate that this large-scale "six-legged mech" may be developed based on the research and development results of small robots, from small to large, and there are better practical application scenarios after enlargement. Of course, because the current data is still relatively small, it is not known what kind of driving principle is applied to this "six-legged mecha", but from the perspective of dense cables, it may be the use of electric drive, or even oil-electric hybrid drive, and does not rule out the use of piezoelectric ceramics, dielectric elastomers and other electromagnetic driving methods. In terms of the fast movement ability of arthropods, this "six-legged mech" has the potential to become a high-altitude Shenxing Taibao.
In general, the development speed of domestic unmanned equipment is very fast, and a large number of unmanned equipment has appeared in various types of equipment in the sea, land and air, such as the Navy's unmanned ships, unmanned underwater submersibles, unmanned beachhead barrier-breaking boats, ground robot dogs, various unmanned combat vehicles and supply vehicles. The "six-legged mech" this time will be the large-scale unmanned equipment to promote a big step, with the development of new batteries, electric hybrid drive technology, can also support unmanned equipment heavy, the future emergence of similar mech unmanned equipment may not be far away.