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| Military Ground Robot Mobile Platform Systems of Engagement: Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2013 to 2019 |
Worldwide markets are poised to
achieve significant growth as platforms of engagement leverage mobile device
capability worldwide. Even as the US presence in Iraq and Afghanistan winds
down, automated process implemented as mobile platform systems of engagement
are being used to fight terrorists and protect human life. These robots are a
new core technology in which all governments must invest.
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Military ground robot market
growth comes from the device marketing experts inventing a new role as
technology poised to be effective at the forefront of fighting terrorism.
Markets at $4.5 billion in 2013 reach $12.0 billion by 2019. Growth is based on
the adoption of automated process by military organizations worldwide. This
automated process implemented as a combination of software for innovation and
robotic platforms is not the traditional military system.
They are systems of engagement
that have arms and sensors, tracks and wheels, motors and solid state
batteries. These systems of engagement support leveraging smart phones and
mobile platforms. The aim is to achieve a broader, more intelligent military
presence in every area of the globe.
In the last decade, the U.S.
military poured money into unmanned ground systems to help protect troops
against improvised explosive devices. There is the issue that the Defense
Department needs to repurpose all those robots once the war in Afghanistan
comes to a close. The wider market for military ground robots will develop as a
mechanism to fight terrorism in response to the bombings in Boston and
elsewhere. Bombing of civilians is a very serious matter and needs to be
addressed with mobile platforms that prevent terrorist acts.
While the Army's committed to
unmanned ground systems, appears to be slowing, this commitment is anticipated
to heat up again quickly. The investment priorities are anticipated to change
as the Defense Department realizes that investments in ground robots are needed
to fight terrorism everywhere.
Just as troops leave Afghanistan,
so also the robots that worked alongside them leave. The difference is that the
robots are finding new uses as mobile security platforms that protect against
the loss of human life The Army plans to upgrade 2,700 of its existing military
robot systems for use in training or further deployments.
Another 2,469 will be divested
and given to Defense Department partners or other government agencies. The U.S.
military's spending on UGVs appears as though it might decrease according to
the words coming out of the defense department, but as Congress assesses the
damage from the Boston bombing, it will become apparent that there is only one
choice for fighting terrorists efficiently and that is through the use of
military ground robotic platforms that function as mobile systems of
engagement.
Military ground robot market
shares and market forecast analysis considers that military ground robots have
a vast new market based on their ability to protect human life in the event of
terrorist attack. This was proved virtually in the recent Boston terrorist
attack when one of the Watertown police officers pulled the emergency brake on
a police vehicle and rolled it up next to the terrorists in the stolen SUV Mercedes.
Without actually being in the car, the local police officers were able to spook
both terrorists by making them think they were being directly flanked.
The terrorists thought the
vehicle really had police offices in it and shot toward it and detonated bombs
in the rogue vehicle. The virtual robot vehicle did its job of protecting the
lives of the Watertown police officers and of catching the bad guys.
Both terrorists were captured
using robots, the robot car (actually a real car that was pushed into a bad
situation as a robot would be, thus simulating a robot) and the robots that
were used in the boat where the other terrorist was hiding to inspect the
situation had a direct role in capturing the terrorists. Thus the Boston
bombing illustrates a whole new use for military robots in terrorist
situations.
In this manner, robot vehicles
are sure to be used to fight terrorism going forward. It should be noted that
though all the resources of the federal government and state government were
directed toward solving the crime, that it was the very local group of police,
the Watertown police department who did much of the work.
It was the local Watertown police
department members who were engaged in a firefight with terrorists and who had
to think on their feet to capture the bad guys and do it without getting killed
themselves or endangering other civilians.
It is to the credit of the local
police department that they were able to do this and it is noteworthy that they
did use military robots in the endeavor and the police vehicle that doubled as
a military robot presages more use of military style robots by local police
departments.
The defense industry is entering
a new era. Military robotics are poised to play a significant role in achieving
change in security delivery. With battlefield engagements winding down,
terrorism has emerged as a constant and current threat. The recent terrorist
bombings in Boston and other cities worldwide illustrate that threat. Military
robots are the best practice technology for dealing with terrorists in many
cases.
The military robot purchase is
driven by the need for modernization of the military. The new military is
dependent on flexibility and early response. The use of military robots is
based on providing a robot that is less expensive to put in the field than a
trained soldier and supporting the desire to keep the trained soldiers out of
harm's way. That automation of process and modernization has appeal to those
who run the military.
Robots are automating military
ground systems, permitting vital protection of soldiers and people in the
field, creating the possibility of reduced fatalities. Mobile robotics operate
independently of the operator. Unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) address needs
from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Urban Challenge
to the United States Congress. This challenge mandated that one-third of all
military land vehicles be autonomous by 2015 and two-thirds by 2025. UGVs are
being implemented in military and security operations. They are used in
industrial and agricultural operations. Continued growth of the UGV market is
supported by the ability to deliver superior, cost-effective agnostic autonomy
systems for existing vehicles and vessels.
We hear from military leaders all
over the world that the plan going forward is to utilize automated process to
replace the warfighters and keep them out of the line of fire. The military
robot market is evolving in this context.
Military ground robot market
forecast analysis indicates that vendor strategy is to pursue developing new
applications that leverage leading edge technology. Robot solutions are
achieved by leveraging the ability to innovate, to bring products to market
quickly. Military purchasing authorities seek to reduce costs through design
and outsourcing. Vendor capabilities depend on the ability to commercialize the
results of research in order to fund further research. Government funded
research is evolving some more ground robot capability.
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