Throwbot XT
USINFO | 2013-07-16 11:49
ReconRobotics Throwbot XT is a concept so simple and a design so clever that it's no wonder both the U.S. Marines and domestic tactical law enforcement teams have enthusiastically embraced it. Roughly the size and shape of a tallboy beer can, the hardy little robot can be thrown through windows, over walls, or onto rooftops and then controlled remotely to roll around and take stock of a situation. An easy-to-use handheld controller also contains a screen that shows the operator what the Throwbot XT's onboard camera is seeing (an IR camera even provides vision in the dark).
Officers and soldiers can toss their Throwbots into dangerous situations to provide critical situational awareness without sending a human being into harm's way. And at roughly $13,000 per Throwbot, it was one of the more inexpensive technologies we came across at Sea-Air-Space.
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