Sean Kelly
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CMU's snooping robot going to Iraq
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A robot designed for urban warfare will soon be on its way to assist U.S. Marines in Iraq, where the scrappy machine can peer around corners and snoop in areas too dangerous or inaccessible for human soldiers.
Called Dragon Runner, the four-wheeled device is small and light enough to be carried in a soldier's backpack and rugged enough to be tossed over fences and up or down stairwells.
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Dragon Runner was developed by Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute and the National Robotics Engineering Consortium under contract to the Marines. Twelve prototypes have been built by the CMU spinoff Automatika Inc. and are being delivered to the Marines. |
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12-02-2004 12:48 AM
