You can teach a robotic dog new tricks, it seems, with mechanic canines now being deployed in tests to detect and defuse bomb threats.… The trials led by Ministry of Defence (MoD) scientists and ...

A study out of the University of Washington shows that soldiers who use bomb disposal robots on battlefields become somewhat emotionally attached to them - to the point of holding funerals for ...

Britain has conducted a trial of robot dogs for defusing bombs, a step aimed at reducing the military personnel’s exposure to danger. The trial saw robot dogs successfully detecting and defusing ...

Multiple types of advanced equipment, including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), robotic dogs and explosive ordnance disposal robots, were deployed in a recent defense exercise conducted by the ...

AN ARMY bomb disposal team was deployed to Co Clare on Saturday afternoon following the discovery of a suspicious item in a parked car. It’s understood that the car was reported to gardai as ...

Mike Barker was awarded an MBE in 1972 for developing the "wheelbarrow" bomb disposal robot used by the Army bomb squad. Now he's running as an independent candidate in the Rochester & Strood by ...