IDEX 2017: Avenger assembled
Canadian robot and security company Med-Eng is displaying its new Avenger UGV at IDEX and has released more technical detail, less than a month after revealing the existence of the platform.
The company has an extensive history in the field with the Defender and Vanguard UGVs and has produced the new platform based on this experience.
According the company the platform is undergoing final validation. While the company is one of four bidding for the UK’s Project Starter UGV programme this is not the platform being offered.
A company official said there had been substantial interest in the platform and
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