Automation of movement control for modern main tank T-90

Abstract

The article discusses the option of creating an automated system for controlling the movement of a modern main T-90 tank. In order to emphasize the importance of such modernization, we turn to the history of creating domestic robotic complexes. Among them are known 'Alisa' on the base of T-72 tank, intended for experimental development of technologies of remote and autonomous control of objects of armored vehicles, or robot-sapper 'Prohod-1' on the base of armored demining machine BMR-3M 'Vepr'. The analysis revealed the absence of a robotic complex based on the main modern tank. With the purpose of finding the ways of creating a modern unmanned model, a patent search was conducted and foreign military equipment samples were examined. The result is a proposal of modernization of the main tank T-90, which involves equipping the serial chassis with a special apparatus that ensures remote control of the model and autonomous solution of individual problems with the model. The proposed crew-free control system comprises an on-board computer, a plate with proportional electromagnetic valves, motor reduction gears, various sensors, and also the replacement of standard driver-driven controls with electronic ones. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.