![]() ![]() While Rogozin has no official capacity in the Russian government, he has held multiple high-level positions within the Russian government. On January 15, Rogozin claimed to news service TASS that Marker robots would be tested in Ukraine soon. Now, with news that Ukraine stands ready to receive armored transports and tanks, Marker is back to being a darling of Russian media. In the eleven months since the invasion, Russia’s major advances have been halted, and on multiple fronts turned back. Marker was one of several robots promoted as major technological advances, all against the backdrop of Russia mobilizing tanks and soldiers for the invasion of Ukraine that came February 24. Early work on Marker made it a tool for exploring concepts in robots, remote control, and autonomy, with the assumption that later, other companies would develop new tools and weapons based on the research done with Marker.Īs recently as January 2022, Russian state-owned media described Marker as being used to patrol a spaceport and work alongside quadcopter drones. Marker was developed by Russia’s Advanced Research Foundation, which is a rough analog to DARPA in the US. ![]() With treads and with a turret, the Marker featured in glossy produced videos with a rock beat and a machine gun swivel that seemed to follow the commands of a remote human spotter. While Russia had already developed armed drones, ground robots typically took the form of mine clearing machines like the Uran-6. The Marker UGV dates back to at least 2019, when it was promoted as a symbol of the modern technological prowess of the Russian military. As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, and as Ukraine prepares to receive armored vehicles, including tanks, from other countries, Marker appears to have been moved from conceptual promise to being touted as a wonder weapon. The Marker is a long-in-development and high-tech concept, designed to explore how robots could work together with humans on the battlefield. On January 26, Russian politician Dmitry Rogozin claimed in an interview that the country’s robotic Marker Uncrewed Ground Vehicles will be deployed in Ukraine as a tool to counter tanks. ![]()
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