Recon Scout Surveillance Bot
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Friday, 31 of October , 2008 at 12:53 am
Last Friday, we posted about an experimental NASA robot made out of just one single axle. Unsurprisingly, this concept is already in use by SWAT teams and the military in the form of Recon Bot. The tiny little 1.2 pound, 7.4 inch robot is designed to be thrown into action, and can survive a 30 foot drop onto concrete or the equivalent amount of smashing through windows and stuff. There’s no on/off button, it’s actually got a pin that you pull before you throw it, just like a grenade. BADASS!
Recon Bot is operated via a handheld (only one hand is necessary) controller from up to 100 feet away through walls and doors, or 300 feet in the open. It transmits live video back to a 3.5 inch backlit screen on the controller, which incidentally is heavier than the robot itself. An optional IR system activates automatically if it’s dark out. It’s designed to be stealthy, too, with a matte black finish and whisper quiet operation.
250 or so Recon Bots are currently in service around the world, and if you want one, you can’t have the base model for $6000, or the night vision model for $3k more.
Another video, featuring Recon Scout being chucked all over the place, after the jump.
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Comment by Ironman
Made Friday, 31 of October , 2008 at 9:02 am
a police sized packbot, pretty intense.