DefExpo 2016: Robot family blessed with new children
The Daksh family of UGV from the state-owned Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has seen new additions added to its portfolio.
The original skid-steer Daksh (Sanskrit for ‘capable’) titled Primal is a six-wheeled robot designed for bomb disposal and improvised explosive device (IED) handling tasks.
Alok Mukherjee, head of robotics at DRDO’s Research and Development Establishment (Engineers), said the Indian military has been using 20 Primals for the past two years, and that a larger order of the Daksh is expected this year.
DRDO’s development and manufacturing partner is Hi-Tech Robotic Systemz, a company founded in 2004. All the
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