Lo msebenzi uphunyezwe phantsi kwenkqubo entsha yophuhliso lobuchwephesha yenkqubo yeGround X-Vehicle Technologies (GXV-T), exhaswa yi-US Armed Forces. Ngokuchaneke ngakumbi, xa uyila ivili elitsha elikwaziyo ukuziguqula libe ngumbungu… kwaye ngokuphambanayo.
Ebizwa ngokuba yi "Reconfigurable Wheel-Track" (RWT), okanye, kwinguqulelo yasimahla, "Configurable Wheel-Track", eli vili licinga ukudibanisa iingenelo zamavili ajikelezayo, oko kukuthi, ngesantya esiphezulu, kunye nobuchule be-offroad obuqinisekiswa ziingoma. — oko kukuthi, ngokukwazi ukuguqula, malunga nemizuzwana emibini, imilo engqukuva ibe livili elingunxantathu. Oku, kunye nesithuthi sihamba!
I-RWT ekuqaleni yayiyindalo yeZiko leSizwe lobuNjineli beRobhothi kwiYunivesithi yaseCarnegie Mellon, kunye nesicelo esiphambili seteknoloji ekulindeleke ukuba ibe semkhosini. Ekubeni isisombululo siqinisekisa, ngokutsho komkhosi, "uphuculo olukhawulezileyo lokuhamba kweqhinga kunye nokuhamba, kwiindawo ezininzi ezahlukeneyo".
"Ukuvuselelwa" kwevili kungenye nje yobugcisa obutsha obuphuhliswe phantsi kwe-Arhente yeeProjekthi zoPhando oluPhezulu loKhuseleko, okanye i-DARPA (i-Arhente yoKhuselo oluPhezulu lweeProjekthi zoPhando) inkqubo. Phakathi kwezinye kukho injini yombane edityaniswe nevili, esele inokuhanjiswa okudityanisiweyo, kunye nokunqunyanyiswa kweendlela ezininzi kumhlaba ogqithisileyo.
Oku kunqunyanyiswa okutsha, okuphuhliswe yinkampani yePratt & Miller, iyakwazi ukusebenza ngokuzimeleyo, ngevili ngalinye, ebonisa ukuhamba okungaqhelekanga ngokwenene, ngaphezu kwe-1.8 m - 1066 mm ngaphezulu kunye ne-762 mm ngaphantsi. IFakhalthi ibaluleke ngakumbi, oko kukuthi, kwindawo erhabaxa, evumela ukugcina umsebenzi womzimba uhlala ulungelelene ngokuthe tye, naxa uqhuba kumathambeka.
Bukela ividiyo eyenziwe kwaye yakhululwa yi-DARPA, etyhila obu kunye nobunye ubuchwephesha… kwaye, ngendlela, bamba isilevu sakho!