Meet the GUARD Dog that is equipped for inspection, surveillance, reconnaissance, environmental detection, hazardous-material monitoring, and more.
A quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicle (Q-UGV) is a four-legged robot that operates in terrain wheeled and tracked robots cannot cross. Federal and defense agencies use them to take people out of dangerous environments — inspecting radiological sites, securing installations, and navigating rubble, stairs, and confined spaces. This hub explains what these robots do, the missions they serve, and how a federal agency evaluates and acquires quadruped robots like the Ghost Robotics Vision 60.
A quadruped robot can:
Answer a few questions about your environment, mission, and constraints, and get a plain-language read on whether a Q-UGV fits — in about two minutes.
Quadruped robots inspect nuclear and radiological facilities by carrying radiation detectors and cameras into areas where human exposure limits access. They let teams survey hot zones, monitor contamination, and document conditions without putting a person in the environment.
A quadruped robot operates without GPS using onboard sensing and blind-mode navigation, which lets it keep moving when GPS is jammed or unavailable and when vision sensors are obscured by dust, rain, or darkness.
The Vision 60 carries mission-specific payloads including cameras, thermal and depth sensors, radiation and multi-gas detectors, and manipulator arms, connected through the platform’s standard payload interfaces.
