Foster Miller TALON By Tom Dyson and Tom Eason

Description A foster miller TALON is a robot that is used

by the military for missions from reconnaissance to combat. It has tank treads and many cameras and sensors it is heavily armoured to withstand heavy bombardment and gun fire. It can be mounted with all kinds of lethal and non lethal attachments like mechanical arms and guns.

Details Easily portable weighs about 52 kg, can easily be transported

ready for operation.Its Rugged can be shot and blown up and stay in the fight.Fastest robot on the market and can easily keep up with a

running soldier.Very Mobile, Climbs stairs, negotiates rock piles, overcomes

barbed wire, plows through snow.Easy to operate Exceptional awareness 4 colour cameras, night vision, thermal

and zoom options.It can withstand repeated decontamination Long battery lifeBest service historyCost per robot is $230000

Attachments Gripper manipulator.Smoke dropping module.Grenade dropping module.Breaching tool.Night vision camera.NBC sensors. (chemical)UXO/countermine systems/sensors.Anti-Tank (AT4) launcher.Light Anti-Tank Weapon (LAW) launcher.40-mm grenade launcher (M203 barrel).12-gauge shotgun.Mounts for remotely controlled weapons including:

M240; M249: M16; M82A1 (50-cal).

The ComputerThe TALON is controlled

by a type of high tech laptop with a joy stick. It has a screen that shows what the camera sees. The laptop has a range of one mile so the robot can deployed almost anywhere.

Bibliographyhttp://www.foster-miller.com/lemming.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster-Miller_TA

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