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border patrol bot

Anti-Immigration Robot Secures Britain's Borders

Much like the United States, Britain has a bit of an illegal immigration problem. Tens of thousands risk their lives to cross into Britain each year by clinging underneath trucks transported on ferries. To combat this problem, BAE systems has provided the border agency with a robot dubbed "Hero" that is capable of ferreting out these stowaways using a combination of cameras and sensors. The device can check underneath vehicles and even detect heartbeats when fitted with the proper equipment. It can also be used to identify chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear materials being smuggled into the country. More »

3:40 PM on Tue Jul 22 2008
By Sean Fallon
2,480 views, 30 comments

Latest by DaSmith: Just get a Guitar Hero guys! :D You know you love it anyways. more »

robots

Army Plans Swarms of Military Bug-Robots, Bringing Sci-Fi to Life

The rather beautiful looks of the robot in this image hide the fact that in reality it would be part of a swarm of military bots designed to creep into caves, bunkers and other hostile areas to grab intel on the baddies hiding within. Yes: it sounds like Minority Report, Dr Who and Robot Wars all rolled into one. And yes: it might just end up as a real machine, since BAE Systems has just been awarded $38 million by the Army Research Lab to head up the Micro Autonomous Systems and Technology project to develop the technology. The promotional video gives us a few more clues, despite its game-like looks, and if you don't like spiders then the image of one of the other potential drone bots will surely give you the heebyjeebies. More »

9:05 AM on Fri May 2 2008
By Kit Eaton
10,576 views, 44 comments

Latest by Uncle Remus: The enemy would just create robot sparrows to eat our robot dragonflies. Then we would create robot cats to eat their robot sparrows. Then they would create robot dogs to eat our robot cats. Then we would create robot lions more »

boys and their toys

BAE Delivers World's First 32-Megajoule Rail Gun (To the Good Guys)

Like every other red-blooded American boy, I enjoy the notion of propelling a piece of lead at up to Mach 8 and at "extreme" ranges. That's why I was glad to hear that BAE Systems has delivered a rail gun capable of such feats, and that the US Navy signed for the package.
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4:37 PM on Wed Nov 14 2007
By Wilson Rothman
24,997 views, 81 comments