bomb-disposal

Domestic-servant bots start to turn on the human help, bomb-disposal bots stop being so helpful, hackers eerily find themselves being out-hacked and those safety-device computer-chips to control the car—bad idea.

Humanity Vs. Our Gadgets Tom Shippey 2011

Then you might be able work the Dragon Runner, a 14 lb bomb-disposal robot unveiled today by the British Ministry of Defence.

Dragon Runner Robot Deactivates Live Explosives | Inhabitat 2010

As with most bomb-disposal assignments, Mr. Lenz said he isn't nervous ahead of this one.

German City to Evacuate as 2-Ton Bomb Is Defused Vanessa Fuhrmans 2011

The former Navy admiral said military researchers are starting to see the potential of unmanned underwater vehicles, or UUVs, to hunt for mines or other threats, much as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan accelerated the demand for bomb-disposal robots to search for suspected roadside bombs.

Robots for Land, Sea and Air Battles Nathan Hodge 2011

Staff Sergeant Brian Mast, a Special Forces bomb-disposal expert seriously injured by a roadside blast in Afghanistan, now being treated at Walter Reed; and his wife Brianna Mast.

Guests in the first lady's box at the State of the Union address The Reliable Source 2011

Horst Lenz , the 56-year-old head of the regional bomb-disposal squad tasked with defusing the devices Sunday, said the bomb is the largest among the hundreds of World War II-era bombs he has tackled since beginning his hair-raising career in 1984.

German City to Evacuate as 2-Ton Bomb Is Defused Vanessa Fuhrmans 2011

Arno Burgi/European Pressphoto Agency SUITED UP: A bomb-disposal expert in a protective suit secured a suspicious bag at a train station in Dresden, Germany, Wednesday.

Photos of the Day: June 1 2011

Arno Burgi/European Pressphoto Agency SUITED UP: A bomb-disposal expert in a protective suit secured a suspicious bag at a train station in Dresden, Germany, Wednesday.

Photos of the Day: June 1 2011

Some 45,000 residents of the Rhineland city—including those in a jail, two hospitals and several nursing homes and hotels—are under orders to evacuate by Sunday, when a bomb-disposal squad plans to defuse the 10-foot bomb dropped by British fliers, most likely in a 1944 bombing raid.

German City to Evacuate as 2-Ton Bomb Is Defused Vanessa Fuhrmans 2011

"I give [trade association] AUVSI points for evolving beyond what was almost exclusively unmanned air [systems] to start embracing both ground and underwater," said Joe Dyer , the chief operating officer for iRobot Corp., a major supplier of bomb-disposal robots.

Robots for Land, Sea and Air Battles Nathan Hodge 2011