Oshkosh TerraMax

TerraMax is a versatile unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) technology developed by Oshkosh Defense.

The UGV technology allows the armed forces to operate their combat vehicles in full autonomous mode, and the TerraMax UGV avoids the deployment of soldiers in IED (improvised explosive device) threat environments increasing performance in autonomous operations.

TerraMax is developed by Oshkosh in cooperation with Rockwell Collins and the University of Parmay. The modular kit of TerraMax is designed to be integrated into any tactical wheeled vehicle. The UGV suite consists of command zone electronics and a sensor suite incorporating a LIDAR (light detection and ranging) system, vision, navigation and an advanced operator control unit (OCU).

Hardware components of TerraMax are well placed in the vehicle to complement the combat requirements of soldiers, while maintaining the utility of the vehicle. The TerraMax UGV technology is fully incorporated into the brakes, steering, engine and transmission, to enable advanced driver assist systems. The TerraMax mounted ground vehicles can be operated fully autonomously in any position in the convoy, or semi-autonomously to follow the path of the lead vehicle.

TerraMax UGV technology is integrated with a multimodal sensor suite consisting of a high definition LIDAR system, a wide dynamic range camera, a short wave infrared camera, four situational awareness cameras, 12 short range radar systems and three long range radar systems. The vehicle mounted with TerraMax UGV technology is autonomously controlled by an operator control unit (OCU).The rugged OCU allows a single operator to control one or more UGVs. The operator can control an UGV with infrequent monitoring of the unit.

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