Army Eyes Autonomous Robotic Arm to Rapidly Resupply its Futuristic Long-Range Howitzer

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Army Eyes Autonomous Robotic Arm to Rapidly Resupply its Futuristic Long-Range Howitzer
 
29 Apr 2021
Military.com | By Matthew Cox

An Austin, Texas, startup company will show off a new type of autonomous robotic arm for Army officials looking for a way to take the burden off soldiers to rapidly resupply the service's futuristic Extended Range Cannon Artillery system with heavy 155mm artillery rounds.

Apptronik Inc.'s prototype robotic arm features a novel design that can lift more than current robotic arms while weighing far less, Jeff Cardenas, co-founder of Apptronik and vice president of strategy and corporate development, told Military.com.

"A standard industrial arm will typically weigh 10 times what it can lift," Cardenas said. "This arm weighs less than what it can lift, so currently the arm weighs about 200 pounds and it can lift 250 pounds.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/04/29/army-eyes-autonomous-robotic-arm-rapidly-resupply-its-futuristic-long-range-howitzer.html

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Wow, look at the pollution emitting from that canon.  Can anyone explain why "global warming" didn't start during, or shortly after, WWII?  The smoke and evil gases from marching armies, navies at sea, bombs dropping, poor MPG from military vehicles, burning buildings, rotting bodies, etc. surely must have been enough to qualify.