Robot army ready for duty in Iraq
‘THE US Army has deployed about 30 robots with troops in Iraq to scout out suspected roadside bombs, and has placed orders for several hundred more, an army official said in Washington overnight.
“To me, it’s a lot like an Easter Egg hunt: If you have more Easter egg hunters, you’ll find more Easter eggs,” said Colonel Gregory Tubbs.
The Marcbot robot is a small, wheeled vehicle that carries a camera atop an arm that can be manipulated by remote control from several hundred feet away.’
Read more at Robot army ready for duty
Recent Entries
- Direct Brain Control of Humanoid Robot
- Declining Population to Propel Japanese Robotics Market
- Vietnam to host Asia Pacific students robot contest
- Microsoft unveils public robotics software
- Robots mix cocktails in Vienna
- Robotic Bartenders - Robomoji, Asahi and RoboBar
- Cocktail robots mix mojitos in Vienna
- Hospitals eye prostate surgery robot that some call ‘a toy’
- Troops Test Robotic Stryker
- NASA unveils strategy for return to moon using Robots