The BEAR: Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot
Versatile, humanoid
robot capable of lifting
and carrying humans and other items over 600lbs
Applications:
- Casualty extraction
- Building evacuation
- Long-distance transport
- Search & rescue
- Hospital patient transfers
- Eldercare mobility aid
- Hazardous materials handling
- Mine rescue
- Logistics & heavy lifting
- Zero-infrastructure warehouse automation
The patent-pending BEAR robot is Vecna Robotics' flagship program. Designed to locate, lift and rescue people in harm's way, the humanoid BEAR robot can do what humans can't: lift heavy loads and carry them long distances. Whether on a battlefield, in a nuclear reactor core, near a toxic chemical spill, or inside a structurally-compromised building after an earthquake, the BEAR can rescue those in need without risking additional human life.
Above: Visualization of the BEAR robot PV2 carrying
an injured servicemember.
The Vecna Robotics BEAR project has won key seed funding in the form
of a grant from the US Army's Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research
Center (TATRC), a part of the US Army Medical Research and Material
Command (USAMRMC).
See more technical
details of the BEAR robot's novel construction, view answers to
the most frequently-asked questions about
the BEAR, or read what the US Army says about it:
"Robotic extraction of combat casualties from under
fire or from hostile or contaminated environments is the 'holy
grail' of the TATRC mobile robotics program. The BEAR prototype
as envisioned in the VECNA proposal and current research contract
is the most promising approach I have seen to safely extracting
casualties from urban and wooded terrain or from other areas
with numerous obstacles that would impede entrance by other
vehicular or aerial robots. The versatility and flexibility
of the BEAR that would enable it to do multiple combat support
tasks—such as loading vehicles or carrying heavy equipment—make
it more attractive than other robots that can only support a
limited set of specialized tasks."
Program Manager, US Army
Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research
Center (TATRC)
US Army Medical Research and Material Command (USAMRMC) |
