Search and Disarm: The Cop Bot That Takes Down Bombs

Explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) is one of the deadliest jobs in the military and it’s no less dangerous here at home. But since Lieutenant-Colonel ‘Peter’ Miller designed the Wheelbarrow in 1972 against IRA IEDs in Northern Ireland, remote EOD robots have played an enormous part in explosive disarmarment. So when police find a suspicious package, they don’t send in Officer Traven, they send in Officer tEODor. More »