“角斗士”(Gladiator)是美国海军陆战队的无人地面车辆项目之一,由卡内基·梅隆大学进行系统开发和技术演示.BAE系统公司为主承包商。“角斗士”是一种高机动性、由无线电遥控的无人地面车辆,通过车辆上的电视摄像头探测目标,还可携带多种模块化软、硬件设备执行多种任务,如侦察、搜索、目标定位、烟幕施放以及核生化条件下的侦察任务等,以减少部队在高危险区作战时己方人员的伤亡。“角斗士”预计在2009年装备部队。 Gladiator, one of the unmanned ground vehicles of the U.S. Marine Corps, is systematically developed and demonstrated at Carnegie Mellon University, with BAE Systems as prime contractor. “Gladiator ” is a highly mobile, radio-controlled, unmanned ground vehicle that detects targets through a video camera on the vehicle and can carry a variety of modular hardware and software to perform a variety of tasks such as reconnaissance, Search, target location, smoke screenings and reconnaissance missions under nuclear, biological and chemical conditions to reduce the casualties of one’s own personnel while the troops are operating in high-risk areas. Gladiator is expected to equip troops in 2009.