Robots: Marines test ‘throwbots’ that can be lobbed up to 148 feet and provide real-time video

Reconnaissance robots that can be lobbed 148 feet over walls, or into buildings and caves to provide real-time video have been tested by the Royal Marines. The 43 Commando Fleet Protection Group have been trialling the ‘throwbots’ — and other advanced kit — during exercises around and in the tunnels beneath Gibraltar. The bots are built … Read more

Robots: Marines test ‘throwbots’ that can be lobbed up to 150 feet and provide real-time video

Royal Marines test ‘throwbots’ that can be lobbed up to 150 feet over walls or into caves and provide real-time video imagery to troops on the ground The Ministry of Defence is pursuing new tech to improve troop effectiveness Throwbots have been tested in Scotland and around and underneath Gibraltar Reconnaissance robots could allow sight … Read more