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Bomb disposal experts won't have to put their lives at stake every time they have to disarm an explosive if they can do their job with the help of a proxy -- like a robot they can control from afar.
Measuring 12.2"x16.6"x6", the light-weight robot is reminiscent of the robots used in the Oscar-winning film The Hurt Locker. It weighs 14lbs - the same as seven bags of sugar- and can move at ...
Thanks to modern technology, American military forces have become more effective in terms of weapons, defense, and their ...
Army bomb disposal experts in Northern Ireland have received a new state-of-the-art robot. The latest T7 Remote Controlled Vehicle (RCV) reportedly allows the operator to “feel” the suspicious object ...
Britain has conducted a trial of robot dogs for defusing bombs, a step aimed at reducing the military personnel’s exposure to ...
For the last 40 years, crude robots have been used to defuse bombs. We look at the development of these slow, deliberate droids that face an abrupt, explosive end.
Police in Oakland, California, are seeking permission from city officials to load lethal shotgun rounds into their bomb-defusing robots, raising concerns from civil rights and technology activists.
Army bomb disposal experts in Northern Ireland have received a new state-of-the-art robot. ... PSNI statistics show the finding of 0.8kg of explosives over the last 12 months.