GUSS Is The Google Self Driving Car For Marines

The company is still testing and developing its features, but the main goal is to create a vehicle that will keep soldiers safe while reducing their exposure to unsafe environments or lethal enemy actions. Google's self driving car military version, this vehicle will carry the heavy supplies or even wounded marines from the battlefield and will reduce time in-between mission by not having to return to their base to retrieve and return items.

GUSS is able to carry around 1800 pounds (816 kgs) and is designed for autonomous speeds of 5 mph (8 km/h) or about the speed of dismounted troops. It operates in three modes: tele-operated, semi-autonomous and autonomous. It can also travel on all types of terrain, in the day, night and even inclement weather.

According to its creators, the Drive-by-Wire System and SafeStop, were used in the conversion of the base vehicle. Additionally, Torc provided the required computing modules and autonomous navigation software for unmanned and autonomous operation. This included a localization module and the main processors for sensor data and autonomous decision making.

All this considered, if you ever felt only civilian technology is cool in its continuous and fast evolution, then you should check out military gadgets and newly developed devices. Besides the GUSS, maybe you like the aircraft of the future that will transform and heal itself while still flying.