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Popular Mechanics March 2008 Erik Sofge	America's Robot Army: Are Unmanned Fighters Ready for Combat? The MULE (Multifunction Utility/Logistics and Equipment) is one of many robots being developed for combat.
National Defense June 2006 Stew Magnuson	First Armed Ground Robot Readied for Deployment A concept touted by science fiction novelists for decades, the first armed ground robots may roll into the field as early as this month, according to Army and industry officials.
PC Magazine May 3, 2006 Sebastian Rupley	Shades Of Star Wars South Korea intends to integrate robots into both national security efforts and many parts of people's lives, according to several reports.
National Defense May 2008 Stew Magnuson	Armed Robots Sidelined in Iraqi Fight The first three armed ground robots deployed onto a battlefield are stuck behind sandbags and are not patrolling Iraqi streets as its inventors envisioned.
Popular Mechanics November 2007 Erik Sofge	Inside Robina, Toyota's Tourguide Who Teaches Fellow Robots Robina's true mission is to help gather data that could benefit robots still in development at Toyota.
National Defense May 2008 Stew Magnuson	Navy to Field a Family of Next-Generation Bomb Disposal Robots The Navy will field a family of bomb disposal robots to replace the ad hoc commercial systems being used in Iraq and Afghanistan today.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2005 John Keller	DOD issues two quick urgent orders for antiterrorism bomb-disposal robots DOD officials are emphasizing that these hurry-up orders for additional bomb-disposal robots are due to the urgent and compelling need for units that are forward deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
National Defense September 2007 Stew Magnuson	Gun-Toting Ground Robots See Action in Iraqi Streets The U.S. Army quietly entered a new era earlier this summer when it sent the first armed ground robots into action in Iraq.
National Defense April 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Defense Dept. Forecasts Greater Use of Robots in Ground Combat Officials who oversee robot technology development at the Defense Department say it is just the beginning.
Popular Mechanics August 2008 Erik Sofge	New Military Robots to Face Off in Two Summer Contests Singapore and the United Kingdom are staging robotics competitions this August to develop their own autonomous war machines.
National Defense May 2008 Stew Magnuson	Ground Robots' Place in Military At Risk, Experts Warn With the success of explosive ordnance disposal robots in Iraq and Afghanistan, one might assume that "mechanical soldiers" are here to stay. But that might not be the case.
Popular Mechanics June 2007 Erin McCarthy	Israeli Military Robot Is Built to Kill (Mini-Uzi Included) At just 9 inches tall, the VIPeR may look like a toy. But this combat drone fights like a pint-size commando.
PC Magazine January 29, 2004 Sebastian Rupley	Racy Robots Military aircraft inspired the slick-looking designs for a new line of robots from start-up company White Box Robotics. Unlike the predetermined features in most robots, White Box's robots will be designed to let each owner choose what his robot will do.
National Defense June 2009 John M. Riggs	In the U.S. Military, Cultural Resistance to Armed Robots Tele-operated robots, whose every move is controlled from a distance by a trained soldier or Marine, are becoming familiar sights in today's battlefields.
National Defense October 2013 Stew Magnuson	Reconnaissance Robots' Place on Battlefields Still Unsettled The fact that soldiers and Marines want small robots to perform reconnaissance and surveillance in battle zones -- particularly urban environments where they can be used to peer into buildings and around corners -- has been established.
National Defense December 2011 Eric Beidel	Army Enlists More Help from Tiny Robots Soldiers in Afghanistan want their own personal robots to scan the insides of buildings and find homemade bombs.
National Defense July 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Next-Generation Robots: Bigger and Better? The exploits of bomb-sniffing robots in Iraq and Afghanistan have solidified their role as useful combat tools, but the technology needs to be pushed much further, say robot designers and engineers.
National Defense February 2012 Stew Magnuson	Robot-Makers Ponder Next Moves as Wars Wind Down The end of the nearly nine-year war closed one chapter for a technology that came into its own during the conflict.
The Motley Fool October 31, 2006 Jack Uldrich	Onward Robotic Soldiers A major Defense Department initiative could be a boon to robot manufacturers. Investors, take note.
National Defense March 2007 Stew Magnuson	Navy Begins Work on Next-Generation Bomb Disposal Robot Robots have been credited with saving countless lives in Iraq and Afghanistan. In light of this success, the Navy has embarked on an ambitious program to build its next generation of counter-explosives machines.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2004	Makers of ground robots ask for better sensors and communication links Troops in Iraq are in desperate need of unmanned ground systems (UGSs) to dispose of land mines and booby traps.
National Defense January 2015 Sarah Sicard	Military Joint Ground Robot Programs Face Increased Scrutiny With tightening budgets and one high-profile program delayed by several years, ground robot acquisitions are coming under increasing congressional scrutiny, officials who oversee procurement of the technology said recently.
National Defense June 2010 Stew Magnuson	Efforts to Field New Kinds of Ground Robots Have Had Little Success Their predicted influx into the battlefield has stalled. That's not to say that research into myriad applications hasn't continued. But so far, the experiments have not made the transition to the current fights.
National Defense March 2008 Stew Magnuson	For Now, Lethal Robots Not Likely to Run on Auto-Pilot Bart Everett, technical director for robots at the Navy's space and naval warfare systems center, acknowledged that the military isn't ready for the next generation of mechanized soldiers.
Popular Mechanics September 22, 2008 Wayne Ma	Without Winner, TechX Offers Gut Check for Worldwide War Bots Can military robots from non-superpower countries be ready for battle if they're running into garbage bins and mistaking plants for elevators?
Popular Mechanics May 8, 2008 Chris Ladd	Autonomous 3D Robot Doc Gets X-Ray Powers With DIY A.I. Looks like the robotic uprising could be headed for the OR after all: Bots can now see through your flesh in three dimensions and direct a mechanical arm to perform a biopsy.
Popular Mechanics January 16, 2009 Erik Sofge	MIT Unveils Intelligent Robot Forklift for War Zones The new, U.S. Army-funded forklift robot recognizes voice commands, can learn the layout of a makeshift warehouse and operate out of doors. It may be able to save lives on the field and make warehouse work more efficient at home.
The Motley Fool November 30, 2006 Jack Uldrich	Only the Swarmanoid Survive The future of robotics may involve teams of small, cooperating droids. iRobot investors, take note.
National Defense July 2006 Stew Magnuson	Bomb Disposal Teams Deliver Blunt Talk on Robots EOD specialists who served in Iraq recently had a chance to address the robot manufacturers, and tell them in sometimes brutally honest terms, what they liked and didn't like about the systems, and describe the often deadly hazards they faced daily.
National Defense November 2009 Stew Magnuson	Debate Over Rules, Legality of Robots On The Battlefield Lagging, Experts Say As researchers push ahead with algorithms designed to give robots more autonomy, ethicists and legal minds warn that not enough thought is being given to the implications of using unmanned systems to apply lethal force.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2005 Ben Ames	Smaller Sensors Make Unmanned Vehicles Smarter Army researchers are now developing another part of FCS-an armed robotic vehicle (ARV) that uses autonomous sensors and weapons to minimize soldiers' battlefield exposure.
Popular Mechanics December 4, 2007 Erik Sofge	First Firefighting Robots Deployed, Could Spark Autonomous Dept. Bomb-squad bots are already a common tool for local law enforcement agencies and the military, but remote-controlled firefighters are just now making it into the field.
National Defense July 2011 Grace V. Jean	New Robots Planned for Bomb Disposal Teams Explosive ordnance disposal teams in the next few years will acquire a new family of specially developed robots to fight IEDs, or improvised explosive devices.
The Motley Fool December 2, 2004 Rich Smith	Real-Life Battlebots The U.S. Army has plans to let robots handle war's dirty work. Sadly for investors, the Talon is made by a private company. But there's always hope that this battlebot will turn out to be a success and that one of the larger, and public, defense contractors will buy out its maker.
IndustryWeek April 1, 2002 John Teresko	Robots Evolution At GM and Xerox, new applications are redefining both the strategic value and appearance of robots...
National Defense December 2010 Stew Magnuson	Proponents Hope 'Rodeo' Can Move Army Ground Robots Forward Representatives of some 50 companies, service research labs and universities gathered at Fort Benning, Georgia to show off the state of their art at the second annual Robotics Rodeo.
National Defense March 2010 Stew Magnuson	Navy to Do Without Prime Contractors On New Bomb Disposal Robots The Navy this year will begin constructing its next-generation of explosive ordnance disposal robots.
Wired January 2006 Robert Capps	The 50 Best Robots Ever They're exploring the deep sea and distant planets. They're saving lives in the operating room and on the battlefield. They're transforming factory floors and filmmaking.
The Motley Fool September 18, 2007 Jack Uldrich	iRobot Loses a Battle Shares fall following news that a major contract to supply lightweight tactical robots to the U.S. Army was awarded to a rival. Investors, take note.
IEEE Spectrum August 2011 Lora G. Weiss	Autonomous Robots in the Fog of War Networks of autonomous robots will someday transform warfare, but significant hurdles remain.
National Defense May 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Soldiers Teaching Robots Battlefield Duties An Army Research Lab is working to instill robots with complex behaviors, thus making them suitable for the battlefield.
Popular Mechanics February 26, 2008 Erik Sofge	Turning Disabled Into Gamers, MIT Aims to Spread Robot Rehab One study of stroke victims indicated that robot therapy accelerated recovery and patients continued to improve even after the therapy was over.
The Motley Fool November 20, 2006 Jack Uldrich	Are Intuitive Surgical and iRobot Just Babies? Robotic technology is still in the early stages of its development, and it will only get better. The best time for investors to jump in is when that company is young.
Popular Mechanics February 4, 2010 Erik Sofge	Robonaut2 Shows Real Workplace Potential For Humanoid Robots GM's goal in co-developing R2 is to eventually install similar systems in its plants, performing the kind of repetitive, ergonomically difficult jobs that might injure a human operator.
InternetNews April 4, 2006 Tim Scannell	Funding Robotics in The War Years Robots are being groomed to take an increasingly active role in military and Homeland Security operations.
National Defense July 2013 Stew Magnuson	Robotic Mule Vendors Seek Opportunities Outside Military Lockheed Martin is eying border patrol, perimeter security, mining, logging and construction markets for its robotic mule, said Myron Mills, the company's squad mission support system program manager.
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