The original bomb disposal robots were controlled by a series of ropes. But, as technology advanced, a telecommunications cable was used to transmit commands to the robot’s electrical systems.

The team selected the Jacob® arm produced by Kinova Inc., a robotics manufacturer serving the medical and first responder markets. The Jaco arm was tested and combined with a high-strength finger ...

The robot in question is called T7, and it's a product of defense contractor L3Harris. The T7 is a complex mechanism that comprises the platform itself, the manipulator arm, and a haptic controller.

Bomb disposal robots aren't exactly new, ... The early ones were little more than battery-powered motorized carts running on tracks, with a remote controlled arm for picking up suspicious packages.

In May, the British Army confirmed its plans to include one of the most advanced and capable bomb disposal robots. The T4 from L3Harris Technologies is a medium-sized robot with haptic feedback ...

Increasingly, precise jobs like this, in difficult-to-reach or hazardous places, are done by robots. The army use them for bomb disposal and space agencies use them to explore distant planets. But ...

Portland area police agencies now have a $150,000 robot “dog” at their disposal for bomb disposal, hostage situations and other scenarios that could be too dangerous to send a human. The ...

The AP says that the police department doesn't have any "pre-armed" robots yet and "has no plans to arm robots with guns" but that it could rig up explosives to a robot. Some bomb disposal robots ...

Bomb disposal robots are controlled by operators from a safe distance. They are able to see what the robot sees, ... The arm of bomb disposal robots allows great versatility.

Portland area police agencies now have a $150,000 robot “dog” at their disposal for bomb disposal, hostage situations and other scenarios that could be too dangerous to send a human.