Lokhu kufezwa ngaphansi kohlelo olusha lokuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe lohlelo lwe-Ground X-Vehicle Technologies (GXV-T), oluxhaswe yi-US Armed Forces. Ngokunembayo, lapho uklama isondo elisha elikwazi ukuziguqula libe isibungu… futhi ngokuphambene nalokho.
Ibizwa ngokuthi “Reconfigurable Wheel-Track” (RWT), noma, ekuhumusheni kwamahhala, “Configurable Wheel-Track”, leli sondo lomcabango lifuna ukuhlanganisa izinzuzo zamasondo ayindilinga, okungukuthi, ngesivinini esikhulu, ngamakhono angaphandle komgwaqo aqinisekiswa amathrekhi. — okungukuthi, ngokusebenzisa ikhono lokuguqula, cishe imizuzwana emibili, umumo oyindilinga ube yisondo elingunxantathu. Lokhu, nemoto ihamba!
I-RWT ekuqaleni yayisungulwe Isikhungo Sikazwelonke Sobunjiniyela beRobhothi e-Carnegie Mellon University, kanti isicelo esiyinhloko sobuchwepheshe kulindeleke ukuthi kube esombutho wezempi. Njengoba isixazululo siqinisekisa, ngokusho kombutho wezempi, "intuthuko esheshayo ekuhambeni kweqhinga nokuhamba kahle, ezindaweni ezihluke kakhulu".
"Ukuvuselelwa" kwesondo kumane kungenye yobuchwepheshe obusha obuthuthukisiwe ngaphansi kwalolu hlelo lwe-Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, noma i-DARPA (I-Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) uhlelo. Phakathi kokunye kukhona injini kagesi ehlanganiswe nesondo, esivele inokudluliselwa okudidiyelwe, kanye nokumiswa kwamamodi amaningi endaweni eyingozi kakhulu.
Lokhu kumiswa okusha, okuthuthukiswe yinkampani yakwaPratt & Miller, kuyakwazi ukusebenza ngokuzimela, isondo ngalinye, okunohambo olungajwayelekile ngempela, ngaphezu kuka-1.8 m — 1066 mm ngaphezulu kanye no-762 mm ngezansi. I-Faculty ibaluleke kakhulu, okungukuthi, ezindaweni ezimbi, ezivumela ukugcina umsebenzi womzimba uhlezi uqondile, ngisho noma ushayela emithambekeni.
Buka ividiyo eyenziwe futhi yakhululwa yi-DARPA, eveza lobu buchwepheshe nobunye… futhi, ngendlela, ubambe isilevu sakho!