This report in the Telegraph notes three types of robots that the UK will soon deploy in Afghanistan (and notes that one of them is being used by the U.S. already). This related video (below) shows one of them, the Dragonrunner, in action. As the report notes, the Dragonrunner is:
a small, highly robust four-wheeled buggy that can be mounted with an array of cameras and gadgets. But the” selling point of the “throwbot” is its agility. Soldiers can chuck it through windows and the machine will zip around a room identifying enemy and bombs before bursting out of the back of a house smashing windows as it goes. It has also been thrown out of the back of vehicles by troops driving through hostile towns where it can hide and spy on the population while soldiers can view the scene on a screen from a safe distance. It also has the ability to place a disrupter device to detonate a bomb.
And here is the Dragonrunner in action:
Comments