Ukrainian company ARMOLAB has shown off its Robonoshi ground robotic system, a tracked unmanned vehicle built like a stretcher to evacuate wounded soldiers. In the test video, the robot moves over grass, dirt and uneven ground with a man lying on its stretcher platform. It is meant to replace carrying casualties by hand, which puts soldiers at risk in combat zones. ARMOLAB says it refined the design with input from a medical unit operating in the Kupiansk sector. A second battery has also raised its stated range from 10 to 20 kilometers.

In a recent test, the robot reportedly carried a company employee weighing 170 kilograms, well beyond its stated load capacity. Earlier reports put its capacity at around 100 kilograms, and the company says the design is meant to reduce vibration and keep the casualty from suffocating during transport. These are company tests with an employee, not combat evacuations, so how it performs under fire, in mud and with drones overhead is still unknown. Even so, the project shows how Ukraine is turning to ground robots for some of the war's most dangerous jobs.