Air Force’s Robotic Bags Will Pack Themselves | Danger Room | Wired.com: "The Air Force is sick of packing the military’s crap. So it’s starting to contract it out — to robots.
The Air Force is responsible for lugging around the rest of the military’s gear. Pallets are the workhorses that crews use to get the job done. They’re flat planks that support cargo and allow it to be tied down, pushed along and generally moved around onto transport vehicles like the C-130.
Moving, stacking, and coordinating all those pallets takes a more than a few foot-tons of back-breaking work. So, a while back, the Air Force proposed building an “intelligent robopallet” that would do let the cargo load itself. The air service recently awarded contracts to two companies — HStar Technologies and Stratom — to start making it happen."
Thursday, June 2, 2011
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