Friday, June 26, 2009

Unmanned Systems: “Snake Bots” to Slither on Future Battlefields


From War Is Boring:

It was a deal nearly three years in the making. In 2007, Massachusetts-based defense giant Raytheon announced its acquisition of tiny Sarcos, a technology firm operating out of a single facility in Salt Lake City, Utah. “With Sarcos, we are gaining world-renowned research and development capabilities in robotics technology,” said Dan Smith, president of Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems. …

The first two technologies likely to transition from Sarcos’ labs to Raytheon’s factories are a wearable, robotic exoskeleton meant to boost soldiers’ endurance and lifting ability and a small, multi-purpose robot that combines the qualities of a snake and a tank.

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My Comment: Another post on warbots. I have posted a few in the past few weeks .... here is another one from War Is boring.

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