Roush Horse Trainer
An international team of engineers and specialists has developed a motorized, computerized horse training vehicle. The system resembles a hi-tech horse-and-buggy, but with the crucial difference that the horse does not pull the four-ton vehicle, but instead is trained and monitored by it as it runs.1
Fast Facts
- Vehicle seats 3: driver, trainer and veterinarian2
- Horse runs in an enclosure at the front of the vehicle
- Vehicle follows, trains and monitors horse
- Simulates pressure of a jockey on horse's back1
- Monitors horse's heart, blood oxygen levels and other vitals
- Includes system of electronically controlled reigns1
- Has Volvo five-cylinder diesel engine; Ford F-150 suspension2
Developers
The system is a collaboration between the UK engineering company Roush Technologies (which has helped design the Ford Mustang) and Kurt Systems, a Turkish company that specializes in the training of horses and camels.
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