Robot Living

Recently unveiled by UK’s Ministry of Defence is the Dragon Runner bomb disposal robot.

Weighing only 14 pounds, it can move up to 5 miles an hour and can also climb stairs and open doors  This lightweight robot is meant to be carried by backpack and has been built by QinetQ UK.

So far 100 units have been produced for Britain’s military.

Minister for Defence Equipment and Support, Quentin Davies, said:

Dragon Runner is an excellent addition to the golf bag of tools that are available to our bomb disposal experts in the Armed Forces and we will continue to develop that kit as new technologies emerge.

See our previous post about the US Marine version of Dragon Runner.

Click through for a video of Dragon Runner picking up a bomb.

via (Daily Mail)

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