Frag Out! Magazine
Issue link: https://fragout.uberflip.com/i/693549
TRM Two years ago, in FRAG OUT! #00 issue, there was an article about the TRM Tactical Hand-Thrown Robot – a small recce ro- bot developed by PIAP (the Industrial Research Institute for Automation and Measurements). Simultaneously to that arti- cle, the works on the next generation of TRM were launched. A little less than two years later, design studies were finished and the new version is being implemented for production. The decision concerning modernization works was made mostly in order to sim- plify the construction, improve its fea- tures, and add new functions. Users of TRM eagerly share their experience with the designers from PIAP and suggest changes that would adjust the device to the tasks it must perform. Of course, not all changes are possible to be imple- mented, but in the case of TRM, the range of changes is really a major one. One may say that this is actually a new ver- sion of the robot, not only a modification. The first stage of works that resulted in creating the first model of TRM 2.0 was finished in May 2014. The model under- went on-site tests. It helped in gathering knowledge necessary to implement fur- ther improvements and modifications, so that it was possible to construct another model already in October 2014. Testing of that version had been conducted until the end of the year and after completing the tests, a decision was made to con- struct a prototype. The prototype was ready for its first tests in the first half of 2015. The research was conducted for two years. The fist, official demonstration of the prototype was held during the MSPO 2015 trade show. By:/photo: Michał Sitarski, graphics: PIAP v 2.0 UAV & UGV