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I wonder how they made the robot blow people up, it doesn't seem like there are any factory made "Turn your expensive toy into sucidie bomber" kit. Jurry-riggin
by KON_Air 10y ago
I wonder how they made the robot blow people up, it doesn't seem like there are any factory made "Turn your expensive toy into sucidie bomber" kit. Jurry-rigging on the scene using moving parts to pull a pin of a grenade? Or did they use a last resort "let's blow it up when we clear the premises" kind of defusal kit? Or did they already had a custom kit with directional explosives?
The robot in question, incase anyone cares about the robot;
https://www.qinetiq-na.com/products/unmanned-systems/dragon-runner/ https://www.qinetiq-na.com/products/unmanned-systems/dragon-...
- mikeash 10y agoThere's a brief mention in the article of non-lethal measures being used in previous cases. I wonder if maybe they tried to do the same here, but it went wrong. For example, maybe the explosive was only intended to incapacitate, but was accidentally too powerful, or the suspect was too close, or some other factor caused it to be lethal instead.
- xaqfox 10y agoIt was probably one of the explosive charges that a bomb disposal officer would use to blow up backpacks or other suspect packages.