Sunday, January 15, 2012

The Next-Generation Of Surveillance Robots

Snakebot Courtesy Special Operations Apps

Next-Generation Surveillance Robots Can Analyze Their Environment -- Popular Science

Manned surveillance missions are critical to obtaining useful intelligence. But sending a soldier into sensitive areas can often be too dangerous. Scientists are developing robots that could do the job. Last spring, the Advanced Technologies Laboratory at Lockheed Martin unveiled a prototype that uses sensors to model its environment, detect potential threats, calculate lines of sight, and locate good hiding places.

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My Comment: And the next step will be to put weapons (like bombs) onto these systems.

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