DESIGN OF A PROTOTYPE REMOTE CONTROL WEAPON SYSTEM

Abstract

This work presents a design and testing of a prototype 27 MHz radio frequency controlled mobile dummy LASER gun system utilizing off-the-shelf components. The work is intended to serve as a proof of concept subsequent to implementing a real system. The system employed a pair of TX6/RX6 data encoder and decoder. Four onboard motors control the motion direction, steering, gun elevation and gun trigger lever. The model could cover 0.345m/s and accelerate to 60m/s2 in a 1m dash under laboratory conditions. The maximum distance from which the model can be controlled is limited to 25m. This limitation is inherent in the off-the-shelf materials used for building it. The mounted dummy LASER gun could be fired at up to 84 times per second, limited by the human operator with a maximum elevation of 40o.

Keywords

• weapon system
• remote system
• laser
• human override
• autonomy
• military robots