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Robodogs tackle bomb detection, defusing and disposal | The British Ministry of Defence's answer is using the mechanical mutts to make detecting and defusing bombs safer and more efficient.
We're used to seeing robot dogs doing all sorts of weird things, but how about something to make the world safer? The British Ministry of Defence's answer is using the mechanical mutts to make detecting and defusing bombs safer and more efficient.
The detonation part was particularly easy because it doesn't take very sophisticated robotics to give a biscuit tin full of Semtex a hard knock. In recent four-day trials conducted by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), the demolition dogs demonstrated their ability to seek out, detect, and classify bomb threats, as well as defusing them by either using its robotic arm or a shot from a bolt-firing gun to deal with smaller IEDs. A retired field archaeologist and university lecturer, he has a background in the history of science, technology, and medicine with a particular emphasis on aerospace, military, and cybernetic subjects.
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