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By using this QinetiQ robot for Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), technicians can effectively neutralize a suspected improvised explosive device while maintaining a safe distance in the event of a detonation. QinetiQ claims the Talon is one of the fastest robots in production. The robot costs approximately $60,000 in its "standard" form. Glad to know even with all this technology and hostile action occurring around the world, these futuristic robot's still have time for the kids!!

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A member of the Tippecanoe County Bomb Squad describes the robot used to investigate and "disarm" a suspicious object from a safe distance during a scare on April 17, 2013.

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A robot named 'Bomb Defuser' made by two class x students of Meerut. Hardik Rastogi and his friend Abhinav want to demonstrate before former president APJ Abdul Kalam and dedicate to the Indian Army

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The Hurt Locker got it only partly right. Just ask Brian Castner, a former bomb technician with the US military. He served three tours in the Middle East, two of which were spent leading an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit, and deployed small remote-controlled robots to battle a blitz of insurgent-rigged car bombs and improvised explosive devices in and around Kirkuk, Iraq, in 2006. Castner and his crew grew so reliant on these machines, which can disarm explosives from afar, that they considered them part of the team. Years later, does he still feel an attachment to the machines? We met Castner to find out.

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A police bomb robot in Hutchins, Texas, is inspecting a van involved in a police shootout for possible bombs.

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Besides checking suspicious objects, SPD’s bomb robot's most favorite job is giving out lollipops. Seattle Police Officers created a special lollipop holder for the robot. See it in action!

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Former Seattle Police Bomb Squad Commander Jim Hansen on the growing demand for bomb detecting robots by law enforcement.
Watch Stuart Varney talk about Gadgets on Varney.

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Cleveland high school students built a six-wheeled, all-terrain, bomb-seeking robot to help local police investigate potential threats to the Republican National Convention.

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ELIZABETH, New Jersey — Federal and local authorities are investigating another suspicious item after a backpack was found containing up to five devices in New Jersey on Sunday.

The backpack was found in a garbage can in Elizabeth, New Jersey, outside a neighborhood pub and located about 500 feet from a train trestle, said the city’s mayor Chris Bollwage.

“Whoever threw it into the can was probably trying to get rid of it. It’s not in a highly congested area,” Bollwage told CNN.

US attacks: What we know so far

- A manhunt is underway in connection to bombings in NY, NJ
- Police in New York said they're looking for 28-year-old Ahmad Khan Rahami in connection with the Chelsea bombing
- The FBI described Rahami as a US citizen of Afghan descent
- Investigators see possibility of terror cell behind bombs
- Backpack full of bombs found at train station in NJ overnight

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Gryphon is a modified version of a commercially-available off-road buggy. Prepared for operations that require extra power and traction, it can carry a GPS unit, sensors and a manipulator for field works. Gryphon can also be used for operations on very steep slopes, in which one or more units function as anchors to a smaller machine.

Gryphon can be applied in several different tasks on uneven terrain, such as forestry works, terrain reconnaissance, remote surveillance, humanitarian demining and others.

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MINE KAFON is a 5th place Winner in the $200,000 GE FOCUS FORWARD Filmmaker Competition. Watch the winners at focusforwardfilms.com/winners.
A short documentary portrait on a designer who has created a low cost solution to landmine clearance.

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During his childhood in Afghanistan, Massoud Hassani would make toys to be blown by the wind. Sometimes they would end up in a minefield, where he could not retrieve them. Now Massoud's wind-powered creations are re-designed specifically for clearing minefields.

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