Land Rover Only Made Certain The All-New Defender's Bumper Is Paw-Proof

Jaguar Land Rover has developed a unique 3D-printed domestic dog mitt to assistance engineers assess the durability of hereafter cars, alongside a piddling assistance from Yogi the Labrador too the novel Land Rover Defender.

The ‘RoboYogi’ mitt was used to exam the raise bumper’s might to withstand a dog’s claws scraping the pigment earlier too afterward domestic dog walks, alongside results showing it tin withstand to a greater extent than than a decade of purpose past times dogs – highlighting how Jaguar too Land Rover vehicles are designed to take in the demands of owners’ lifestyles.

Yogi the Labrador, a resident at the National Guide Dog Breeding Center, was tasked alongside jumping inward too out of the novel Land Rover Defender boot, alongside every pace recorded past times pressure level mapping technology. The information allowed the squad to benchmark this real-world outdoor scenario against ‘RoboYogi’; from how a mid-sized domestic dog clambers inward too out, to the pressure level applied past times the claws too the pads on its feet.

Nine-year-old Yogi’s mitt was thus used to model too 3D-print a spring-loaded replica, allowing the claws to follow contours too apply pressure level evenly across the bumper. Spring-loaded claws too proved a cost-effective solution equally they are easily replaceable.

The life-like mitt is forthwith used past times Jaguar Land Rover to consummate a criterion 5,000 wheel abrasion test; during which ‘RoboYogi’ scratches the panel at random x times followed past times a linear scratch to ane side, earlier repeating the process.

The novel Land Rover Defender proved to live on the ideal exam bed because of its iconic side-hinged door featuring a apartment raise bumper for dogs to climb onto, compared to the to a greater extent than traditional carve upwardly tailgate or rounded kick opening on other Land Rover models.