“The Mechanical Yak”: the latest drone for the Chinese army
China is pushing the avant-garde in the use of drones for war purposes and is now overtaking the West in this type of applications. Now drones are not only used as aircraft, but also as support tools for infantry in the toughest conditions.
Chinese researchers have created the “Mechanical Yak” a quadriped electric drone capable of moving in any terrain situation, from sand, snow, to rocky and mountainous terrain. the mechanical yak, as it has been nicknamed, moves silently and agile following the driver, just like a mule or living yak would, carrying 160 kilos of supplies and materials. Here is a video that features the Chinese mechanical drone.
The mechanical Yak closely resembles a similar prototype, made for the US Army a few years ago by Boston Dynamics, which you can see in the video below:
However, the two models have an enormous difference: while the American prototype was powered by a noisy heat engine, but with little autonomy problems, on the contrary the Chinese one is electric, therefore much quieter and suitable for secret infantry actions, those for which one moves on foot on an inaccessible territory, even if this poses problems of autonomy.
However, the reality of “Do droids dreams of electrict sheeps” is approaching… the electric sheep have arrived.
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