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operator uses — offers advanced command and control capabilities and greater situational awareness around the robot. The system gathers a large array of situational feedback from the battlegrounds.

SWORDS laid the groundwork for sensing battle hazards with heat, gas, chemical, and radiation sensors. These report to the soldier wirelessly so they

know when and where it’s safe to tread or what precautions to take.

MAARS also uses Blue Force Tracking, a satellite and GPS tracking technology that informs soldiers on the locations of friendly forces, enemy forces, and neutral areas.

The MAARS robot comes with all-terrain tracks in the military style of the old tanks. With these, it can scale

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stairs. It can also use wheels to travel more quietly on other terrain, to be “stealthier.”

Field personnel can equip the robot with a robotic arm, numerous weapons other than those described, and a broad range of sensors. The robotic manipulator arm can lift about 100 lbs. By replacing the gun turret with the arm, soldiers can readily turn the robotic war fighter into a device for identifying and neutralizing explosives.

MAARS can also sense its environment via its seven multi-mode cameras. The operators can view action the robot views in streaming video. The robot uses day and night thermal vision. The robot also gauges its location and distances using a laser range finder. The soldier-operators know where they are pointing the robot’s weapons in relation to the robot’s surroundings, other people, and themselves because of these cameras. At about 350 lbs., the complete MAARS system is the largest member of the TALON robots, larger than the SWORDS.

Foster-Miller has already shipped its first MAARS robot to the US military under a contract from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal/Low-Intensity Conflict (EOD/LIC) program, which is part of the Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO). This is the same program that acquired the SWORDS robots. SV