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The MARCbot is one of smallest and most commonly used robots in Iraq and looks like a small toy truck with an elevated mast on which a camera is mounted. This camera is used to look, for example, behind doors or through windows without placing human soldiers in danger. It is capable of running for 6
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The MARCbot was designed as a low cost robotic platform used in Iraq for the inspection of suspicious objects. Until its creation when US Army patrols encountered a potential
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antipersonnel mine on their units. If they suspected an ambush they would send the robot ahead. If an insurgent was seen the
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team with its specialist / expensive robots, or investigate the suspicious package themselves. Exponent worked with the
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hours on a set of fully charged batteries and was developed with the input of soldiers in Iraq to meet their needs.
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to create a low-cost robot for patrol units. Over 1000 MARCbots were eventually created for the US Army for the
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