{"id":21407,"date":"2018-03-25T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-25T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/03\/25\/two-army-brigade-combat-teams-will-get-to-test-an-autonomous-robot-vehicle-this-year\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:17:08","slug":"two-army-brigade-combat-teams-will-get-to-test-an-autonomous-robot-vehicle-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2018\/03\/25\/two-army-brigade-combat-teams-will-get-to-test-an-autonomous-robot-vehicle-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Army brigade combat teams will get to test an autonomous robot vehicle this year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the coming months, the Army will select one of four autonomous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2017\/09\/20\/the-army-is-developing-robot-resupply-vehicles\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">robotic <\/a>systems that can carry up to 1,000 pounds of gear for the infantry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2017\/10\/09\/the-army-is-working-on-combat-deployable-robots\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">squad <\/a>and give them to two brigade combat teams for testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Squad Multipurpose Equipment Transport has been under testing for some time but not within operational <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa\/2017\/10\/09\/robotic-vehicle-can-lighten-soldiers-loads-for-long-duration-patrols\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" style=\"\" target=\"_blank\">forces<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Top leaders for both robotics and autonomous vehicles talked with media following a week-long robotics competition that included college and high school students and industry experts. The event was part of the Maneuver Force Experimentation at Fort Benning, Georgia, this past week.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2017\/08\/25\/us-army-tackles-teaming-robots-and-ground-forces-on-battlefield\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_1340.JPG.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US Army tackles teaming robots and ground forces on battlefield<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The U.S. Army is no stranger to teaming manned aircraft with unmanned ones, but it is now tackling how to approach the concept with ground vehicles.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials didn\u2019t say which BCTs would receive the vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Col. 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