4 Table of Contents Chapter 1 ROBOTS IN THE MILITARY Chapter 2 EARLY MILITARY ROBOTS 10 Chapter 3 BY AIR BY LAND AND BY SEA 17 Chapter 4 MARCHING ON 23 Glossary 30 Index 31
4 Chapter 1 ROBOTS IN THE MILITARY A small boxy object with four wheels hits the ground This machine is about 8 inches 20 cm long and 7 inches 18 cm wide It can slip under cars and drive over rocks and dirt Soldiers can even throw it down a flight of stairs But it won't get hurt as a person would It's the SIGYN MK1 Recon System a military robot Soldiers can toss the throwable robot almost anywhere to help them look for danger Cameras on the robot look all around and send pictures back to the soldiers
Military robots like all robots are machines Robots have sensors Cameras microphones and other equipment help robots see hear and feel After sensing the world a robot acts The machine's programs use information from its surroundings to tell the robot what to do Then actuators such as motors and wheels make it possible for robots to move TALON was built to help protect military members during missions 5
