The Wheelbarrow EOD robot has dutifully serve the British Army since Lt . Col . Peter Mille first put one to work disarming IRA bombs in 1972 . But these days , the 400 or so units currently deploy in the UK and afield are cursorily becoming legacy hardware . The British Ministry of Defence ’s replacement : a state - of - the - art bomb - bot that can disable an IED four times faster than its forerunner .
Northrop Grumman ’s sectionalisation in Coventry , UK arise this EOD political program , dubbed the CUTLASS , for both military and domestic security power . First demoed in 2007 , the Cutlass can travel over hard and and diffused terrain at upper approach 12 KPH thanks to its three - axle , six - bike platform , a far call from the treaded Wheelbarrow , which was based on a motorize wheelbarrow Lt . Col Miller bought at his local garden mall . What ’s more , the weather - proof CUTLASS can carry multiple tool and sensor loadouts so it will be capable to inspect the suspect equipment and forthwith commence disarming it , rather than scrutinize , run back to the manipulator , have its sensing element set swapped for the unarm peter , then push back back to the IED , and get to work .
The CUTLASS ’s most impressive feature , however , is its passing dexterous operator . With three finger and nine degrees of effort , the bomb calorimeter - bot can easy make in confined spaces while preserving the explosive twist for further forensic investigation .
“ CUTLASS will significantly raise the ability of users to defeat and dispose of unexploded gun and improvise explosive gadget [ IED ] from a good distance , and also to ply forensic entropy organization capability for internal security department and resiliency , ” Danny Milligan , chief executive officer of Northrop Grumman Information Systems Europe , said in a late press statement .
The UK MoD has already regulate 80 such vehicles for deployment in antagonistic - terrorism operations around the globe .
[ Northrop Grumman1,2 , Gizmag1,2 – picture : Northrop Grumman ]
militaryRobots
Daily Newsletter
Get the good tech , scientific discipline , and finish news in your inbox daily .
News from the hereafter , delivered to your present .
You May Also Like
