A camera attached to the robot’s body captures it wading through landmines and escaping drone attacks from above
INCREDIBLE footage has emerged showing a robot saving a Ukrainian soldier’s life who was trapped behind the Russian lines for 33 days.
The robot navigated through a perilous route and even dodged landmines and drone attacks to retrieve the severely injured soldier.
Footage shows the robot with a cask on top moving through the Russian-occupied territory to reach the injured soldier.
A camera attached to the robot’s body captures it wading through landmines and escaping drone attacks from above.
Explosions can be seen around the robot, caused by the Russians to wipe it out.
But the advanced piece of tech managed to escape the attacks and reach the soldier to retrieve him.
The rescue mission – codenamed “GVER” – was launched by the 1st Medical Battalion of the Ukrainian Ground Forces after six rescue attempts failed to bring back the wounded soldier.
The system used in the operation was identified as the MAUL wheeled ground robot, capable of reaching speeds up to 70kph – and designed with a protective capsule for casualty evacuation.
It was a remotely operated robot made out of a small ATV with an armoured casket fitted on top to carry a human.
The robot travelled a total of about 40 miles for the mission.
Volodymyr Koval, the medical battalion’s head of communications, told CBS: “The soldier’s location was known, there was contact with him, food was being sent to him from the air.
“We began to develop a plan for his evacuation and study the route.
“Two attempts were unsuccessful due to enemy mines and drones waiting on the ground in ambush on the roads. The seventh mission was successful, even though the drone hit an anti-personnel mine.”
Last year, Ukraine deployed an all-robot assault force to the battlefield for the first time to attack Russian troops.
The deadly tech, including ground and flying drones, was launched in Kharkiv by a Ukrainian national guard brigade.
The all-robot combined-arms operation in northern Ukraine involved remotely controlled flying surveillance and mine-laying drones.
Source : https://www.the-sun.com/news/15458673/robot-saves-ukrainian-soldier-russia-war
