'SWAT robots' soon to protect US first responders
April 18, 2013 /Uncategorized

'SWAT robots' soon to protect US first responders

A SWAT robot, a remote-controlled small tank-like vehicle with a shield for officers, is demonstrated for the media in Sanford, Maine on Thursday, April 18, 2013. Howe & Howe Technologies, a Waterboro, Maine company, says their device keeps SWAT teams and other first responders safe in standoffs and while confronting armed suspects. Police now typically use hand-held shields when storming a building. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

SANFORD, Maine (AP) — A Maine company that's developed manned and unmanned tanks with names like “Ripsaw” and “Riptide” for …read more

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