Heidi Shyu, assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, asked industry for input as the service determines common interfaces and open standards for the Man Transportable Robotic System (MTRS), the near-term solution to the Army’s unmanned route clearance needs. MTRS will be designed around the chassis of the existing Talon robot, of which the Army has deployed more than 2,200 in the past decade to keep soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan safe from roadside bombs and other…
