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I. INTRODUCTION

A. WHY ROBOTICS?

Since the time of Robby the Robot in “Forbidden Planet”, man has dreamed of

using the mastery of technology to assist him with the toils of daily life. Since robots

don’t require food or water, since they don’t complain, and because they are inexpensive

and expendable, they seem to be a good fit for the routine, stealthy, environmentally

hazardous (chemical, biological and radioactive) and dangerous tasks usually delegated

to humans.

Today, robots are used throughout the spectrum of military conflict. Modern

examples include de-mining operations in Kosovo and Surveillance flights over

Afghanistan. Projections for future uses include urban surveillance, scout missions from

the sea, and chemical-biological hazard area detection.

1. Force Multiplication/Casualty Reduction

Robots can be used to greatly increase the combat effectiveness of the individual

soldier. For example, a robotic sensing platform will allow the soldier to observe the

battle-space with senses he does not naturally have. This could include infrared, ultra-

violet and enhanced acoustics sensors. Additionally, the expendability of the robot will

allow the soldier to expand the location of his senses to places where personal

surveillance would be too dangerous. The result is the ability to maintain battlefield

superiority while placing fewer and fewer forces in harms way.

2. Military Operations Other Than War (MOOTW) Missions:

a. Surveillance

The ability of a robot to conduct covert surveillance will perform a major

role in the reduction of casualties in war. Although it is doubtful that a robot would

eliminate the need for manned surveillance of prospective points of an invasion, robotic

surveys could help to identify and eliminate candidate locations before lives are lost in

efforts to survey heavily mined or defended locations. As shown in figure 1, a sea

launched crawler could covertly swim ashore using a variety of sensors to detect the

presence of buried mines, spot hidden bunkers and then relay information to nearby

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