XM1219 armed robotic vehicle
The XM1219 armed robotic vehicle was an unmanned ground combat vehicle based on the MULE Platform. The ARV-A-L MULE Vehicle would feature integrated anti-tank and anti-personnel and reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition systems remotely operated by network linked soldiers. The armed robotic vehicle was canceled in July 2011 over mobility concerns.
Design
- The MULE platform is controlled by a modified Xbox 360 controller for ease of training recruits familiar with console controllers.
Mobility
- Transportable inside a C-130 Hercules and CH-47 Chinook.
- Transportable, slung under a UH-60 Black Hawk.
- Climb more than a step.
- Cross a gap.
- Traverse side slopes of 40 percent.
- Ford water obstacles over.
- Cross obstacles as high as.