New Australian land warfare robots
Australia's Minister of Defense Warren Snowdon showed off a new robot called SPIKER designed to counter improvised explosive devices (IEDs). For your curiosity, SPIKER is an acronym for ‘Special Purpose IED Killer Experimental Robot.’ Snowdon also unveiled a remotely controlled vehicle known as RASP — short for ‘Remote Advanced Sensor Platform’ — which can identify radioactive threats from a distance. This post is focused on SPIKER which should cost about $15,000 to produce, about a tenth of the cost of existing robots able to do a similar job, according to other sources.
Credit: Australian Department of Defense
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