There is a good story about the only armed ground robot ever used "in theater" being pulled from Iraq at Popular Mechanics. This robot made the cover of Popular Mechanics in March 2008. Some details about the robot, SWORDS, and other versions of military robots in production can be found at Foster-Miller's website.
I work at the company that makes these although I'm not in that group.
I've heard that when they were first developed the army was afraid that the controls were too complicated for the soldiers. However, because many soldiers were raised playing Nintendo controlling the robots was second nature to them.
You can read more about them here, and here is their data sheet.
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There is a good story about the only armed ground robot ever used "in theater" being pulled from Iraq at Popular Mechanics. This robot made the cover of Popular Mechanics in March 2008. Some details about the robot, SWORDS, and other versions of military robots in production can be found at Foster-Miller's website.
Buck is the best word to use here since UW's mascot is Bucky Badger.
I work at the company that makes these although I'm not in that group. I've heard that when they were first developed the army was afraid that the controls were too complicated for the soldiers. However, because many soldiers were raised playing Nintendo controlling the robots was second nature to them. You can read more about them here, and here is their data sheet.