QNA’s tactical robot controller

by John Payne

28 July 2012

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Many robots, one controller, or at least that’s the idea. The Tactical Robot Controller (or TRC) is the latest innovation out of QinetiQ North America’s Unmanned Systems Group. The TRC is a lightweight, wearable controller that allows the Marine or Soldier to control a family of unmanned ground vehicles, various unmanned air vehicles, and unattended ground sensors. The TRC can also be used to control a variety of third party unmanned aerial vehicles.

tags: controller, military, portable, QinetiQ, QNA, unmanned systems, wearable

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