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Bomb disposal experts won't have to put their lives at stake every time they have to disarm an explosive if they can do their job with the help of a proxy -- like a robot they can control from afar. According to the UK Ministry of Defence, the British Army has received four cutting-edge robots that can do just that. Unlike other bomb disposal machines, these ones come with "advanced haptic feedback" that allows their operators to feel what their mechanical arm holds or touches through a remote-control hand grip.
Source: https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/25/british-army-bomb-disposal-robot-haptic-feedback/
(Score: 2) by fyngyrz on Sunday December 30 2018, @03:04AM (2 children)
Or IOW, a waldo. [wikipedia.org]
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 30 2018, @03:22AM (1 child)
Probably not as good as a (Heinlein) waldo, but maybe as good as a surgical "robot" (aka teleoperator)?
(Score: 2) by fyngyrz on Sunday December 30 2018, @11:22AM
Yeah... but you know, the R&D costs of the imagination are somewhat lower... 😊
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