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iRobot's 710 Warrior, Strong Enough to Tow a Car, is Finally Ready for the Field. iRobot's 710 Warrior iRobot We’ve been catching glimpses of iRobot’s 710 Warrior ground robot at trade shows and in videos for something like 2 years now. We even saw a couple of pared down prototypes deployed to Fukushima prefecture to assist with the radiation cleanup after the earthquake in Japan in last year. And finally the behemoth of the iRobot ground fleet is going up for sale . Ready the 150-foot strings of mine-excavating explosive charges-- seriously . Massachusetts-based iRobot already has a number of robots in the field and in the household--they make everything from the popular Roomba vacuum robots to the tiny SUGV and larger Packbots that are workhorses of American Explosives Ordnance Disposal teams working overseas.

But the Warrior will be the largest, weighing in at 450 pounds and sporting a 6.5-foot mechanical arm. It can climb stairs, reach its arm up to 11.5 feet high, and negotiate obstacles up to more than 1.5 feet high. . [ Technology Review ] War by remote control - The Christian Science Monitor. Dronewarsuk.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/usaf-future-of-rpa.pdf. Hi-tech drone will go where humans can't|Science-Tech.

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Humanoid robot for military showcases advances in robotics. Among the emerging technologies expected to transform society over the coming decades, robotics at all scales is interesting because it provides graphic evidence that technology is getting better at mimicking increasingly complex movement and behavior. Last month we noted the impressive progress achieved by Boston Dynamics’ AlphaDog project to develop a robot “pack animal” for the US military. Apparently there has been equally impressive progress in developing a humanoid robot capable of faithfully mimicking human movements to test protective suits for use by the military, and ultimately, to replace humans in a variety of arduous and dangerous tasks. This month IEEE Spectrum gave us this update: “Stunning Video of PETMAN Humanoid Robot From Boston Dynamics“, by Erico Guizzo: After watching the video, Guizzo’s comparison to the Terminator Series 800 model doesn’t strike me as all that far-fetched.

Robot army helps run warehouses - a Tech & Science video.