A bomb disposal robot has, it seems, for the first time disposed of a human being. In the hours following Thursday night’s mass shooting of 12 Dallas police officers (5 dead and 7 injured ...

After a prolonged exchange of gunfire and a five-hour-long standoff, police made what experts say was an unprecedented decision: to send in a police robot, jury-rigged with a bomb. "We saw no ...

Late Thursday night, Dallas police attached an explosive device to what’s known as a “bomb-disposal robot,” rolled it into an area where one of the suspected shooters was holed up ...

Robots go where humans fear to tread. Of their many applications, bomb disposal is one of the most hazardous, where the risk of death lurks with every move. Bomb disposal robots have been used to ...

Warfare has changed significantly over the past ten years or so, as it is now no longer dominated by artillery, tanks, and airplanes, but by missiles, robots, and drones. And it'll probably change ...

The Denver Police Department has a new answer for dangerous explosives, in the form of a robotic “dog” for the Bomb Squad. It’s safe to say that Tyra Banks would love this robot if it was on ...

Bomb disposal robots aren't exactly new, but they've come a long way since the first one was introduced by the British Army in 1972 to deal with IRA bomb threats. The early ones were little more ...