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	Robot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Robots may be controlled directly by a human, such as remotely-controlled bomb-disposal robots, robotic arms, or shuttles, or may act according to their own decision making ability, provided by artificial intelligence.
		Robots are being used in performing highly delicate, accurate surgery, or to allow a surgeon who is located remotely from their patient to perform a procedure using a robot controlled remotely.
		Robot has come to mean mechanical humans, while android is used for organic artificial humans and cyborg or "bionic man" for a human form that is a mixture of organic and mechanical parts.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robot (3624 words)

	Foster-Miller TALON - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Foster-Miller TALON™ robot is a small military robot designed for missions ranging from reconnaissance to combat.
		The robot is controlled through a two-way radio or fiber optic line from a portable or wearable Operator Control Unit (OCU) that provides continuous data and video feedback for precise vehicle positioning.
		The robot is not autonomous, but instead has to be controlled by a soldier using a small console to remotely direct the device and fire its weapons.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/SWORDS (837 words)

	Reserve Officers Association - Navy News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Robots are a crucial part of the Army's effort to rebuild itself as a 21st-century fighting force, and a $127 billion project called Future Combat Systems is the biggest military contract in American history.
		Robots in battle, as envisioned by their builders, may look and move like humans or hummingbirds, tractors or tanks, cockroaches or crickets.
		These elaborate networks of weapons, robots, drone aircraft and computers are still evolving in fits and starts; a typical unit is intended to include, say, 2,245 soldiers and 151 military robots.
	www.roa.org /military_section/navy_detail.asp?id=3079 (1796 words)

	Foster-Miller - Military - Nanotechnology Company specializing in System Design and Integration, Microelectronics, ...
		robot is a battery powered, track-based mobile platform that has been specifically designed for irregular and challenging terrain.
		robots are untethered and remotely operated, able to climb stairs, sustain falls and right themselves, and can be lowered into a landing zone from a helicopter, dropped from moving vehicles and thrown overboard offshore. The TALON
		robot is the only mobile platform currently certified by the Department of Defense for remotely controlled live firing of lethal weapons.
	www.foster-miller.com /projectexamples/t_r_military/talon_robots.htm (322 words)

	Howstuffworks "How Military Robots Work"
		Robots come in many shapes and sizes, and although there isn't really any single definition of a robot, one common definition is this: a machine that is controlled, in whole or in part, by an onboard computer.
		Even if a robot with a gun were allowed to operate on its own, and it did go out of control, the push of a button on the control unit is all that would be needed to reboot the robot to safe mode.
		In at least one case, a flying robot did a lot more than just spot the enemy: Predators can be fitted with Hellfire missiles, and when one of these Air Force drones spotted an anti-aircraft gun in southern Iraq in March 2003, it used one of the Hellfires to take it out [ref].
	science.howstuffworks.com /military-robot.htm/printable (2302 words)

	10e20 Website Design Latest News - Military Robots Well Trained for War
		For now, military planners and robot designers are simply trying to improve devices -- some of which could see action soon in Iraq -- by incorporating lessons from Afghanistan, where robots saw their first significant military action.
		Prior to Afghanistan, the military was using robots for search-and-rescue and ordnance disposal, but mostly viewed them as long-term research.
		Planners continue to put a number of robots through their paces at the Army's Military Operations in Urban Terrain center at Fort Benning, Georgia, where soldiers train to fight in a mock city.
	www.10e20webdesign.com /website_design_company_latest_news_january_13_military_robots_well_trained_for_war.htm (955 words)

	Pentagon has sights on robot soldiers \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Robots are a crucial part of the Army's effort to rebuild itself as a 21st-century fighting force, and a $127 billion project called Future Combat Systems is the biggest military contract in U.S. history.
		Robot soldiers are supposed to cost a tenth of that or less.
		Within 10 years, he said, convoys of robots on scouting missions should be able to wend their ways through deep woods or dense cities.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050216/news_1n16robot.html (1899 words)

	Angelus Research Corp
		After demonstrating the system to key military personnel, it became clear that stair climbing capability has become critically important to the military for MOUT operations, etc. Although the Intruder may have certain specific applications, a new design was in order to meet the desired stair climbing requirements.
		The robot with six BA5590 batteries installed, weighs in at 25 pounds and the physical dimensions are 13 inches wide, 21 inches long, and 7 inches high.
		A robot is a complex system where successful integration of it’s various components requires that the specifications of each subsystem needs to be defined before an overall design approach is even considered.
	www.angelusresearch.com /military/technology&History.htm (2786 words)

	Robot war
		While robots firing weapons on their own may be a decade or more away, even today's remote-controlled versions have changed the rules, he adds.
		Fighting robots would be "on the short list" of seminal events in all of military history, he says, right alongside the development of iron weapons, gunpowder, and the atomic bomb.
		Military personnel are attending consumer-oriented robotics conferences just to hunt for fresh ideas or technologies, he says.
	www.oilempire.us /robot.html (5219 words)

	Pentagon to pay millions for Scots’ robot soldiers - [Sunday Herald]
		ROBOT soldiers manufactured to kill enemy troops have been designed for the Pentagon by a tiny Glasgow computer company which is set to make millions from the deal.
		Using current technology, if a robot sees a target then the delay means that it is impossible for the military commander to make the robot follow it accurately or target it properly.
		Armed robot vehicles could be dropped out of planes and left to roam enemy territory to scout for targets which they could attack themselves or pin-point them with lasers for bomber planes to take out.
	www.sundayherald.com /36926 (871 words)

	ROBOTS IN COMBAT: Remote-control warfare: How PlayStation 2 saves U.S. lives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Robotic weapons systems have long been the subject of science fiction, but the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan created an urgent need for the real thing.
		Another tank-like robot serves an important function in patrolling Iraq's 380 ammunition dumps, reducing the number of soldiers that must remain on guard.
		The military, which first used it in Bosnia, has used it in about 20,000 missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to its developer, Foster-Williams.
	www.decaturdaily.com /decaturdaily/news/050927/robots.shtml (881 words)

	Robot spy can survive battlefield damage - 20 August 2003 - New Scientist
		When any of the snake-like robot's "muscle" segments are damaged, clever software "evolves" a different way for it to wriggle across any terrain.
		A self-healing robot has long been a dream of robotics engineers, not least because the machines are notoriously unreliable and absolutely terrible at dealing with unforeseen circumstances.
		Once the robot was mobile, the team disabled some of its segments to see if it could adapt to injury.
	www.newscientist.com /article.ns?id=dn4075 (645 words)

	'Robo-Soldiers' Prepare for Iraq
		The Army is preparing to send 18 of these remote-controlled robotic warriors to fight in Iraq beginning in March or April.
		It's easy to humanize the SWORDS (a tendency robotics researchers say is only human) as it moves out of the flashy lobby of an office building and into the cold with nary a shiver.
		Military officials like to compare the roughly three-foot-high robots favorably to human soldiers: They don't need to be trained, fed or clothed.
	www.military.com /NewsContent/0,13319,FL_robot_012305,00.html (1236 words)

	Robotic 'pack mule' displays stunning reflexes - mech-tech - 03 March 2006 - New Scientist Tech
		A nimble, four-legged robot is so surefooted it can recover its balance even after being given a hefty kick.
		The machine, which moves like a cross between a goat and a pantomime horse, is being developed as a robotic pack mule for the US military.
		The robot can follow a simple path on its own, or can be remotely controlled.
	www.newscientisttech.com /article/dn8802.html (497 words)

	IED Robot.com
		The MARCbot IV (Multi-function Agile Remote Control Robot) is a small robotic platform aimed squarely at inspection of suspicious objects during IED Sweeps.
		Runs from military standard BB-2590 (NSN 6140-01-490-4316) or BB-390 (NSN 6140-01-490-4317) batteries; these are the rechargeable versions of the "5590".
		The robot ran off of RC car batteries, and had a runtime of about 20 minutes between charges.
	iedrobot.com /marcbot/marcbotindex.htm (515 words)

	SWORDS PLAY: Weapons Platform and Armed Robots
		The Talon began helping with military operations in Bosnia in 2000, deployed to Afghanistan in early 2002 and has been in Iraq since the war started, assisting with improvised explosive device detection and removal.
		As soon as March or April, eighteen Talon robots armed with automatic weapons are scheduled to report for duty in Iraq, as part of the Army's Stryker Brigade.
		In a warren of hangar-sized hotel ballrooms in Orlando, Florida, military engineers this week at the Army Science Conference showed off their next generation of robots, as they got the machines ready for the warzone.
	www.military.com /soldiertech/0,14632,Soldiertech_Talon,,00.html (871 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Americas \| US plans 'robot troops' for Iraq
		Officials say the robot warrior is fast, accurate and will track and attack the enemy with relatively little risk to the lives of US soldiers.
		According to Bob Quinn, a manager with Foster-Miller, the US-based company which worked with the military to develop the robot, the only difference for a soldier is that "his weapon is not at his shoulder, it's up to half a mile away".
		It is based on the Talon robot, which is widely used by the military to disarm bombs.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/4199935.stm (379 words)

	SKorea to launch military robot development project next month - Breaking - Technology - theage.com.au
		South Korea will start developing military robots next month that can conduct operations from patrolling and removing land mines to full combat, the army and the state defense technology agency said Wednesday.
		The second stage is aimed at developing robots that can assist troops with light weapons by 2020 and the third stage calls for developing robots equipped with heavy weapons by 2025, Park said.
		The Defense Ministry has said robots _ along with sensor-activated alarm systems and closed-circuit TV cameras _ could be installed on the 250-kilometer-long (155-mile-long) border with the North.
	www.theage.com.au /news/Technology/SKorea-to-launch-military-robot-development-project-next-month/2006/08/02/1154198196220.html (407 words)

	Incredible New Military Robot
		Each of the robot's aluminum legs has three joints that the computer can reposition 500 times a second using hydraulic actuators.
		The joints are fitted with sensors that measure force and position, and the computer cross-references this data with information from the IMU to determine where the legs have to be to keep the 'bot upright and moving in the right direction.
		For now, the robot is remote-controlled, but future versions will come unleashed, able to make intelligent decisions about their course without guidance from humans.
	www.sciencenewsden.com /2006/incrediblenewmilitaryrobot.shtml (333 words)

	Wired News: Mobile Robots Take Baby Steps
		But military scientists are worried that robots with wheels won't be able to follow their human masters across mountain passes, up stairs and through forest trails.
		The contracts are part of a broader Pentagon look into robots that take their cues from nature.
		But robotic leg pioneer Marc Raibert said significant power can be saved by getting the dog to act more like an animal.
	www.wired.com /news/technology/0,1282,61808,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_3 (694 words)

	Vault-C0 » Terminators (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The most impressive robot you may ever see is likely to not be a friendly booth simulacrum giving you directions at the mall, but rather an ungainly looking beast on treads firing a quarter of a million rounds a second at you because you give off body heat.
		What was previously considered outrageous, like giving the machines independence in the use of their arsenal and trusting in their ability to follow instructions, has gradually moved into acceptability as this hardware has been pioneered in the grisly arena of Iraq’s guerilla insurgency.
		I can tell you from experience that these kinds of weapons are irresistable to central planners in the military who have grown weary of humans and all their secondary considerations.
	www.vault-co.com /index.php?cat=16 (2776 words)

	Talon Military Robot - Gizmo Highway Technology Guide
		One such achievement is the Talon Robot by Foster-Miller which has been recognized as one of the most amazing inventions of 2004 by “Time” magazine.
		There are more than 100 Talon Robots at work in Iraq and Afghanistan performing EOD (explosive ordnance disposal) duties which is a very dangerous job that is best done by the remote controlled robot with the soldier operating the robot at a safe distance away from the potential explosion.
		TALON robots have been in continuous, active military service since 2000 when they were successfully used in Bosnia to move and dispose of live grenades.
	www.gizmohighway.com /robotics/talon_robot.htm (371 words)

	Robot military vehicle out for a spin \| News.blog \| CNET News.com
		A robotic combat tank, codenamed the "Gladiator," was given its first public test drive in Uniontown, Penn., last week, according to the Pittsburgh Gazette.
		The vehicle is built to fit into a military Humvee for transport, according to the report.
		Military officers will be able to direct the Gladiator with the use of a game-like joystick and a vision helmet that can see what the robot sees.
	news.com.com /2061-11204_3-5824226.html (294 words)

	SPACE.com -- Looking to Iraq, Military Robots Focus on Lessons of Afghanistan
		A soldier uses a robot to detect mines at Bagram Air Base, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, March 22, 2002.
		SOMERVILLE, Massachusetts (AP) -- In future wars, robots may drop from the sky by the hundreds from unmanned aircraft, swarming like giant insects over battlefields in coordinated, terrifying assaults.
		"The question is, can you get three-quarters of the capability of those robots at one-tenth the weight,'' said Robert Larsen, a program manager at Draper Labs, an MIT spinoff that is developing a military robot that resembles the PackBot but weighs less than 5 pounds (2.25 kilograms).
	www.space.com /businesstechnology/technology/robot_wars_030123.html (1153 words)

	Army.com - Incredible New Military Robot
		But this one is just a puppy; Boston Dynamics expects the next iteration, ready this summer, to be at least twice as fast and carry more than twice as much.
		This new robot isn't as "elite" looking as the SWORDS being used in Iraq at the moment, but the fact that it's using legs to get around is pretty impressive.
		This website is not affiliated, endorsed, authorized, or associated in any way with any government, military or country.
	www.army.com /blog/item/1510 (307 words)

	Armed Forces - Military Veterans - America's robot army
		In one sense, robots are not new: already, armed drones such as Predator, "piloted" by CIA operators from screens in Florida, have been responsible for at least 80 assassination raids in Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen and Pakistan (killing many civilians as well).
		Gordon Johnson, a team leader on Project Alpha, which is developing robots for the US army, predicts that, if the robot's gun can return fire automatically and instantly to within a metre of a location from which its sensors have detected a gunshot, it will always kill the person who has fired.
		What we are seeing is a militarisation of urban life in both north and south that helps perpetuate the biggest and most dangerous myth of all, which is that technical and military solutions can somehow magic away resistance to George W Bush's geopolitical project.
	www.veteranstoday.com /article1347.html (2380 words)

	BU Today \| University Headlines \| BU technology is the brain behind new military robot prototype
		Inside this box is a high-resolution television camera with 300x zoom, a wide-angle camera for peripheral vision, an infrared camera, and three lasers (a dot, a circular beam, and a floodlight), a laser rangefinder that can see up to three kilometers, or 1.86 miles, (farther on a good day), and a thermal imager.
		The robot was developed by iRobot, famous for its Roomba automatic vacuum cleaner.
		The optics in the sensor were developed by Insight Technology, and the sophisticated ears were developed by BioMimetic Systems, a company founded by Allyn Hubbard, a College of Engineering electrical and computer engineering professor, and David Mountain, an ENG biomedical engineering professor, at BU’s Hearing Research Center.
	www.bu.edu /phpbin/news-cms/news/?dept=4&id=36646&template=4 (667 words)

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