State of the Art of Tracked Unmanned Ground Vehicles

Nowadays, robots are used in many fields for performing mundane or repetitive tasks or for more difficult operations in harsh environments.One niche is represented by Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) that use tracks for propulsion.This type of robot is frequently used in various missions by armies, firefighting or law-enforcement agencies.Because of the recent risks caused by conflicts worldwide, developing and studying such robots is of high interest.This paper aims to summarize the recent research in this field, bringing together information from different areas that contribute to developing such a robot.The novelty consists in the recent uses in modern conflicts, the lessons learned and the areas where improvement through research and development is needed.