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Phillip-Morris HV71 "Black Widow" Autonomous WalkerThe HV71 "Black Widow" is an autonomous patrol robot designed and manufactured by Phillip-Morris. With six pneumatic legs and an adjustable walking height, the widow is capable of traversing all but the toughest terrain. The unit can work completely autonomously, or receive pcm encoded transmissions from a remote control station. Although lightly armored, the HV71 is extremely fast and agile and has an armament of 2 50 caliber cannons that have 30 degrees of independent travel in a vertical plane. The main head can also rotate 360 degrees. This allows the widow to track moving targets while remaining stationary. The Black Widow is in heavy use by the ADPolice to support their police officers and swat units. The HV71 comes in two versions- a daytime version in blue and gray, and a special black and red night-ops version. Both are extremely similar in design but the Night-ops version is lighter and faster and has claw extensions on its legs. This allows it to climb obstacles more effectively.
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The
HV71 Black Widow navigates some burned debris
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A
rear view of the HV71 in a wilderness testing area
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The
HV71 wading through some thick grass
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Dusk
in the polar region. This area is very radioactive and inhospitable to
humans.
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The
Black Widow traversing some rough terrain
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Underside
and leg configuration detail
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Detail
of the infrared vision system on the Night Ops version
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The
Night-ops version is even faster than it's daytime counterpart
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An
improved leg design allows the HV17b to rear up on its hind legs
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The
night ops HV17b is almost all black
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Top
view of the HV17b
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Not
something you would want o meet in a dark alley
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All pictures © Michael Hopkins except arctic photo from NOAA Photo Library
