Autoreview found out details about the design of an unmanned truck from the Chelny giant. The closest “relative” of “RoboCop” is the Atlant 49 dump truck of the K5 family: the models have identical chassis with an 8×4 wheel arrangement and bodies from the Becema plant near Moscow. The differences between KamAZ vehicles are the “solid” fiberglass cabin with an autopilot unit, cameras and lidars.
“RoboCop” is driven by the KamAZ-950 gas engine: this index hides the latest six-cylinder 13-liter turbodiesel KAMAZ-910.52-460, adapted for methane. The gearbox is an American Allison automatic, the axles are Finnish Sisu. There are no domestic components with a similar safety margin, because the drone can carry up to 50 tons of cargo, and the total weight is 72 tons!
Cylinders with a capacity of 995 liters are enough for autonomous travel of 1000 kilometers. There is no information about the origin of the elements of autonomous movement. However, for now, “RoboCop” exists in a single copy: the dump truck will be tested in a coal mine in Kemerovo, and based on the test results, a decision will be made on the timing of the truck’s launch into mass production. KamAZ is working on a whole line of unmanned trucks: there are the Jupiter and Chelnok projects.
Trucks with conventional cabs are also being modernized: tests of heavy dump trucks with a K5 cab continue. The KamAZ-6595 was first shown four years ago, but sanctions intervened. Now the Chelny auto giant is forced to prepare an “import-substituted” version.
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