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Fighting Deadly IEDs: Latest in Unmanned Aerial and Ground Systems

Manufacturers show off unmanned systems used to protect troops.

Unmanned systems used to defeat IEDS in Iraq and Afghanistan

Fighting IEDs: Latest in Unmanned Aerial and Ground Systems
Fighting IEDs: Latest in Unmanned Aerial and Ground Systems
Fighting IEDs: Latest in Unmanned Aerial and Ground Systems
Fighting IEDs: Latest in Unmanned Aerial and Ground Systems
Fighting IEDs: Latest in Unmanned Aerial and Ground Systems
Fighting IEDs: Latest in Unmanned Aerial and Ground Systems
Fighting IEDs: Latest in Unmanned Aerial and Ground Systems
Fighting IEDs: Latest in Unmanned Aerial and Ground Systems
Fighting IEDs: Latest in Unmanned Aerial and Ground Systems
Fighting IEDs: Latest in Unmanned Aerial and Ground Systems
Fighting IEDs: Latest in Unmanned Aerial and Ground Systems
Fighting IEDs: Latest in Unmanned Aerial and Ground Systems
This remote-controlled arm, mounted on a wheeled platform, can send back sensation to its user with "haptic feedback." This means that if the arm hits a wall or the ground, the user -- at a secure location -- can feel the force of hitting the wall or the ground. Still in development by Harris Corporation, it would allow for Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians to have "human-like dexterity" and "human-like precision" to "surgically defeat the explosive device" and preserve forensic evidence, according to a representative. (Kristina Wong, ABC News)
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