It's the world first weaponized
robot and it can be armed with everything from a machine gun to a rocket
launcher. We shot rocket off the system before. We shot forty millimeter grenade
off the system already, anything can be shot by a human can be shot by this.
It's no wonder TIME magazine ?? this sinister looking little robot one of the greatest
inventions of the 21st century. That's why I am headed to army research and
development center to see how bad this little monster is in person. And lucky
for me, I have been given exclusive access to the next set of live
demonstrations.
This smart wheeled assassin is controlled by a soldier, calling the shot at a
safe distance from the enemy. This sort of robot would be used to extend the
standoff between the soldier and the enemy. A soldier can drive his weapon
remotely up to 800 to 1000 meters away and be able to fire his weapon from the
safe distance of obscurity. Bob Quinn, the General Manager of talent robot Exfoster Miller, the designer of Sword. It's the first armed robot we'll
actually see action giving the soldier a powerful ally on the today's
frontline.
The Sword will carry out many of the same duties as a regular soldier,
checkpoint security, guarding observation post or even acting as a lone sniper.
Now instead of standing in soldier to clear out buildings filled with insurgents,
the job can be done by a robot, that of course can dramatically reduce
fatalities on the frontline.
The technology evolved from the talent, the vehicle designed for surgeon
rescue missions and bomb disposal units. These robots are being used in the
battlefield every day for explosive ordnance disposal missions. The initial
count of over 8000 missions where a small robot to defeat improvised explosive
devices in the site, in the road and inside buildings. The team first equipped
it
with lightweight platform that can work in all kinds of condition. It can travel
through snow, bend, climb stairs and even go under water down to the depths of
100 feet to find its target. The smart device could reach inside enemy buildings
and the dark alleyways and head down streets filled with insurgents then they
decided to weaponize it. First person behind the idea came from a sergeant here
and pick it to the arsenal at the explosive ordnance disposal group Sergeant
David Platt, David Platt was with Towen at World Trade Center doing search and
rescue missions. He came back with an idea not just using an arm, and a claw and
a hand that will reach out and pick up the unexploded ordnance device but
actually put a weapon system including a machine gun onto the robot.
Now they've created a deadly combat weapon and its presence alone pacts an incredible psychological punch.
Even without having the fire or do anything, just having some bodies walk around
the corner and come upon facing a weapon and they have no idea what it is. It is
total shock and awe.
Staff Sergeant, Scott Smith, is one of the engineers
at the helm of this Sword Project ( ... at that point it's good
that way it's err ... ). He added the bank a video surveillance camera to give
the operating soldier a unique view of the battlefield, right now we have
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( Sept 8 )
