BOMB DISPOSAL!!!!!

Bomb Disposal ROBOTIC'S- An Extra hand to mankind

The robot with the dirtier, and arguably more dangerous job description is an advanced explosive ordinance disposal unit. This bot, a collaboration between Segway Robotics and SRI International, allows a remote operator to defuse a bomb with surgical precision. That's not an exaggeration—the robot is a wheeled platform for SRI's M7 telesurgery system, which surgeons (such as PM contributor Ken Kamler) have used to suture simulated flesh in a range of environments, including microgravity.

The purpose of this unnamed drone, according to SRI, would be to handle the bombs and IEDs of the future; advanced threats that can't be neutralized by a slap from a robot's pincer or a burst of high-pressure water. "Inevitably, there are going to be complex devices, like a dirty bomb or a chemical dispersal system, that are going to require an expert to technically deactivate the device, rather than just disrupt it," says Thomas Low, director of the medical systems and devices program at SRI.