On January 15, when Pune makes historical past by internet hosting the Military Day Parade for the primary time, among the many many thrilling shows, would be the marchpast by a particular crew. The crew consists of eight agile members, the cutting-edge Quadrupedal Unmanned Floor Automobile (Q-UGV) or ‘robotic mules’ just lately inducted into the Military, showcasing futuristic navy expertise.
Yearly, January 15 is commemorated as ‘Military Day’ to mark the event when Common (later Discipline Marshal) Ok M Cariappa took over the command of the Indian Military from Common Sir F R R Bucher, the final British Commander-in-Chief, in 1949 and have become the primary Indian Commander-in-Chief of unbiased India. For many years, the Military Day parade was held completely in Delhi, showcasing the nation’s navy power, regimental traditions, and technological developments.
This yr’s parade will happen on the Bombay Engineering Group (BEG) and Centre in Pune, that includes marching contingents, mechanised columns, and technological displays.
Highlights will embrace demonstrations of cutting-edge defence applied sciences corresponding to drones and robotics, together with charming performances like fight demonstrations and martial arts shows. This would be the third event when a metropolis apart from Delhi will host the Military Day parade, maintaining in step with the Union authorities’s resolution of holding occasions of nationwide significance exterior the nationwide capital, in an effort to give them wider visibility and participation of residents. The Military Day parades of 2023 and 2024 have been hosted by Bangalore and Lucknow respectively.
The costume rehearsals of the parade have been held at BEG parade floor on Monday. On the finish of the marching contingent was the ‘crew’ of eight Quadrupedal Unmanned Floor Automobiles named ‘ARCV MULE’ developed by New Delhi-based AeroArc Pvt Ltd. The Aeroarc Pvt Ltd is an entirely owned subsidiary of Arc Ventures (ARCV). MULE stands for Multi Utility Legged Tools.
The Indian Military just lately acquired 100 items of those ARCV MULE system. Officers stated that robotic mule is a tele-operable and autonomous Quadrupedal Unmanned Floor Automobile (Q-UGV) that can be utilized for quite a lot of purposes together with perimeter safety, asset safety, Chemical, Organic, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE), Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) and different makes use of. It was inducted into the Indian Military in June 2024. The ARCV-MULE is made of 5 predominant elements that work collectively: These are the compute field, battery, entrance sensor head, rear sensor head and legs.
The robotic mule is rated to function in environments of -20 to 45° temperature vary. Amongst its capabilities are stair, curb and slope climbing and confined house navigation, impediment and avoidance sensing with cameras, visible notion in day and low-light situations with illumination help, platform self-righting and inverted operation functionality, autonomous and pre-programmed patrol route navigation, operation in inclement climate situations and variable pure terrain, steady operation for no less than two hours utilizing normal mission profile, real-time relay of video and two-way audio amongst others.
The Military Day parade can even function state of artwork all terrain autos, specialist mobility autos, Pinaka a number of launcher rocket system and Sarvatra Bridging system amongst different methods.
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