Talon

The most common robots currently in use by the military are small, flat robots mounted on miniature tank treads. These robots are tough, able to tackle almost any terrain and usually have variety of sensors built in, including audio and video surveillance and chemical detection. These robots are versatile, with different sensor or weapon packages available that mount to the main chassis. Virtually all of them are man- portable. The Talon is a man-portable robot operating on small tread. It weighs less than 45kg in its base configuration. Talon is designed to be very durable- one of the robots reportedly fell off a bridge and into a river in Iraq. Some time later, the soldiers set up the Talon's control unit and simply drove it out of the river. That brings up another important feature of the Talon- it's amphibious. Talon were used for search and rescue at WTC, Ground Zero. Talons were used in Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq for the disposal of live grenades, improvised explosive devices and other dangerous explosive. Recently, the Talon was prepared tale on an even bigger role. All Talons are now equipped with chemical gas, temperature and radiation sensors. The military is even running tests on Talons that carry guns. Talon robot can be configurated with M240 or M249 machine gun or Barrett 50- caliber rifles.