Thursday, August 20, 2009

Marine Corps Wants A Throwable Robot


Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 19, @09:11PM
from the goblin-bomb-dispenser dept.
coondoggie writes"The US Marine Corps has a request — build and rapidly deploy more 10lb-or-under robots its personnel can throw into dangerous situationsthat can quickly gather information without endangering Marines. The throwable robot is part of a family of robots that would range from the 10lb version to one that would act as a central controlling device and weigh close to 300lbs. Marine commanders are demanding ever lighter robots so that troops don't have to offload critical equipment from their rucksacks to accommodate them."

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