A new robotic reconnaissance complex was developed at the Air Force Military Training and Research Center “Air Force Academy. Professor N.E. Zhukovsky and YA. Gagarin”. A feature of this complex is its compactness and disguise as a stone..
The reconnaissance complex was developed and assembled by cadets of the Voronezh Academy, work on it was carried out for three years. Tactical and technical data of the robot are not given, known, that a caterpillar platform is used as a mover, he is able to collect, process and transmit information during 15 hours. Can be in for a long time “dormant state” and be activated when motion sensors are triggered. Waiting time, as stated, is almost a day. It is equipped with a video camera, it is also possible to install other monitoring equipment.
Data from the robot's cameras is transmitted to the operator's console, which can be located at a distance of up to 2 kilometers from the complex. As the developers explained, one of the applications of such a reconnaissance complex could be reconnaissance during a positional war or “frozen” military conflict, when no man's land is under constant control, eg, line of demarcation in Donbass. A launched robot can take a position and conduct covert surveillance of the enemy, without showing itself.
reportedly, the idea of such a robotic complex was brought by the scientific supervisor of the cadets from Syria, the development of the robot was carried out under the supervision of the Scientific and Technical Committee of the Main Directorate of Combat Training of the RF Armed Forces, which indicates a high interest in the complex of the Russian army. Will this complex be adopted over time, not yet known, but as noted in the academy, today there is no analogue of such a reconnaissance complex in the Russian Armed Forces.
