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<http://clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif> clipped from www.cbsnews.com <http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/21/eveningnews/main3389513.shtml ?source=RSSattr=HOME_3389513> The Pentagon Is Looking Towards High-Tech Solutions In Effort To Reduce U.S. Casualties _____ The Warrior Robot<http://wwwimage.cbsnews.com/images/2007/10/21/image3389555g.jpg> IRobot's "Warrior" robot, shown exclusively to CBS News, could be in Iraq by 2009. (CBS) _____ (CBS) The sniper nests and IED-laced roads of Iraq have posed deadly challenges for the U.S. military. The result has been speedy development of soldiers that know nothing about fear or danger: the combat robot. _____ "It's a tremendous capability to put a robot where you do not want to put a man," said Jim Braden, of the Army's Joint Robotics Program. _____ Never before have robots played such a wide role in a ground war, reports CBS News correspondent Russ Mitchell. Five thousand robots are working alongside U.S. forces, finding booby traps or searching for the enemy. _____ "The real trend right now is the infantry and maneuver forces looking at, 'what can a robot do for me,'" said Braden. Get Clipmarks <http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-email/> - The easiest way to email text, images and videos you find on the web. It's free! Sent with Clipmarks <http://clipmarks.com> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
