Everybody is familiar with the unmanned Predator drone aircraft the US military has been using in Afghanistan, but now there are plans to replace ground support troops with a fancy upgraded golf cart called GUSS (Ground Unmanned Support Surrogate).
Controlled by an off-board soldier using a remote called the WaySight, the GUSS is equipped with a host of sensors that used in conjunction with sophisticated computer algorithms allow it to travel safely over a wide variety of terrain, day of night, without regard to the weather.
GUSS can be used to carry nearly a ton of supplies to troops in dangerous positions, and can even be used to evacuate injured troops without endangering the lives of support personnel. The main problem I see is the 5 mph top speed, not good if you're an injured soldier being evacuated while under fire
By: Brant
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