PROWLER
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PROWLER was a mid-1980s experimental robot mobile sentry gun device.[1] The name was an acronym standing for "Programmable Robot Observer With Logical Enemy Response".
The Logical Enemy Response was twin M60 machine guns, and a grenade launcher. PROWLER was "the first outdoor robotic sentry/surveillance system."[2]
PROWLER was a six-wheeled vehicle with a gun turret and sensor array, resembling a miniature tank, developed from 1983 onwards. The robot was built by Robot Defence Systems (RDS), a company from Thornton, Colorado, which has since gone out of business.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Everett, Commander H.R.. "A Brief History of Robotics in Physical Security". Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center. http://www.spawar.navy.mil/robots/land/robart/history.html.
- ^ a b Krishnan, Armin (2009). Killer robots : legality and ethicality of autonomous weapons (Repr. ed.). Farnham, England: Ashgate. ISBN 9780754677260. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=klvlN9PgBeYC&pg=PA71&lpg=PA71&dq=prowler+robot+sentry&source=bl&ots=R7_w-gLFkn&sig=m660qYU04OlBd5MECdbE27q8Bys&hl=en&sa=X&ei=syAfT-PmIMPIsga0j6GzDA&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=prowler%20robot%20sentry&f=false. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
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