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History. The idea of a computer-guided, mobile robot was developed by Mathias Hubrich back in 1995. The first attempts in the years leading up to 2000 were concentrated on the development of suitable base vehicles and the general capabilities of remote controll
 
Development milestones
2003Polaris introduced
2004 Foxbot developed
2008 FORBOT introduced
   
   
 

Polaris
The Polaris robot was a cross country, all terrain vehicle. Because it was operated via a Windows PC and a joystick, it was possible for the robot pilot to control it even if it was out of direct sight.

Polaris 1.6

The Polaris 1.6 was based on the original Polaris robot, but was rescaled by a factor of 1.6. A corresponding increase in stability was achieved with a new drive chain made of hard plastic and metal links.

Foxbot 1.0

The major advantages a wheeled vehicle has over a tracked one represented the impetus for Roboterwerk’s development of a six-wheeled robot with all-wheel drive weighing around 30 kg.

 

 

 

Foxbot 2.0

For the supplementary support of photographic and acoustic reconnaissance and monitoring, the Bundeswehr (German Army) ordered a small, unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) as part of an R&D contract.

FORBOT

Project FORBOT came to fruition after many years of development specifically for use in R&D and the broad scope associated with it.
FORBOT was first used in Project Moss, executed by Rheinmetall Defence Electronics.

Foxbot 3.0

The ongoing Bundeswehr (German Army) R&D project is progressing the activities that were conducted in conjunction with Rheinmetall Defence Electronics as part of the Foxbot 2.0 studies.

   
 
Roboterwerk 2009