Sunday, 17. May 2009
Topic: DRUGS - on May 17, 2009 at 11:48:00 AM CEST
Bots vs. Smugglers: Drug Tunnel Smackdown
Semi-autonomous robots that can navigate and map drug-smuggling tunnels could be the greatest weapon to emerge from the government’s attempt to stamp out the trade in illicit substances across its borders.
Using special intelligence software developed at Idaho National Laboratory that can be mounted on different machines, the iRobot and Foster Miller robots use lasers to situate themselves in the dark tunnels that have been bored beneath the line that divides Mexico from the United States.
