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Part 1: The ABCs of War Bots
Technological developments have enabled the evolution of warfare from cavemen bludgeoning each other with blunt objects to career soldiers...
Read & DiscussPart 2: Soldiers and Their Bots
Unlike soldiers, robots can take the worst of a bomb blast and survive to see another battle. So when an explosive needs to be detonated, the...
Read & DiscussPart 3: The Overcrowded Skies
There's a problem brewing over the skies of Iraq, and it's not weather related. Thanks to a new generation of cheaper, smaller robots, Iraqi...
Read & DiscussPart 4: Rescue Bots of the Future
Not only are robots being used for military offensives, but they are also being deployed to rescue wounded soldiers. These robot medics can...
Read & DiscussPart 5: Legs With Brains
Robots are assisting soldiers both on the battlefield and off. Some 30,000 men and women have lost limbs over the course of the conflict in...
Read & DiscussPart 6: A God's Eye View
The capture of the U2 spy plane pilot Gary Powers was one of the tensest incidents of the Cold War. In modern warfare, high-flying surveillance...
Read & DiscussPart 7: When War Becomes A Video Game
We've learned about robots that spy, rescue, aid, survey, and defuse. In the final episode of our "Military Robots" series, we encounter robots...
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