Matzos
01-02-07, 10:00
Known as CUTLASS, the six-wheeled robots will replace the iconic 'Wheelbarrow' robots which have been used since the 1970s, when they were first used by bomb disposal operators in Northern Ireland.
Faster, nimbler, better powered and able to use a wider range of bomb disposal 'weapons', CUTLASS will incorporate the latest computer technology to ensure troops can operate more effectively, better protecting lives and property.
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CUTLASS has excellent mobility across a range of terrain and is equipped with a highly dextrous manipulator arm. It will enable specially trained soldiers, known as Ammunition Technical Officers, to render safe, at a distance, Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).
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It can be equipped with a wide range of advanced night or day imaging systems, cameras and weapons for detecting and disrupting explosive devices. And by using "Fly the Head Technology" the operator can move the tip of the manipulator arm via a joystick giving far greater dexterity.
Source - MoD
Faster, nimbler, better powered and able to use a wider range of bomb disposal 'weapons', CUTLASS will incorporate the latest computer technology to ensure troops can operate more effectively, better protecting lives and property.
http://www.militaryimages.net/imagehost/images/Matzos/cutlass1.jpg
CUTLASS has excellent mobility across a range of terrain and is equipped with a highly dextrous manipulator arm. It will enable specially trained soldiers, known as Ammunition Technical Officers, to render safe, at a distance, Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).
http://www.militaryimages.net/imagehost/images/Matzos/cutlass2.jpg
It can be equipped with a wide range of advanced night or day imaging systems, cameras and weapons for detecting and disrupting explosive devices. And by using "Fly the Head Technology" the operator can move the tip of the manipulator arm via a joystick giving far greater dexterity.
Source - MoD