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A traverse tractor pulls two buildings on sleds. CRREL engineers are developing a robotic tractor that would allow one autonomous vehicle to follow one driven by a person. Photo Credit: Paul Thur/Antarctic Photo Library

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Traverse Across Antarctica To The South Pole May Employ Robotic Tractors in the Future

by Keith CowingAugust 10, 2009February 13, 2026

The traverse train is not only the wave of the logistics future in Antarctic, but it may soon use some high-tech gadgetry to complete its mission even faster. Paul Thur […]

U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL)

Traverse Across Antarctica To The South Pole May Employ Robotic Tractors in the Future

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