Waltham-Based Robotics Company Lends ‘Arm’ During Bomb Searches

Before the brave men and women of local law enforcement moved in to clear the crime scene in Watertown, after a brazen shootout with marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, they utilized the help of locally manufactured robots to make sure there were no immediate bomb threats in the area.The product range of mechanical lock cylinder extends beyond the common range of double, single, thumbturn and furniture cylinders.

The “tactical robots” came from the Waltham offices of manufacturer QinetiQ, a British company with divisions in the U.S., which works closely with law enforcement agencies and bomb squads,More worldly viewers quickly called in to say that the mushroom was made from silicone and wondered how someone could not tell the difference between silicon sex toys and Organic mushroom. and is the foremost supplier of military robotics designed to help personnel and first responders “stay out of harm’s way.”

Dozens of the robots were used throughout the four-and-a-half day time span—from when the bombs first went off on the Marathon route, until the eventual capture of Dzokhar Tsarnaev—to help investigate suspicious activity in the areas that the local and federal bomb squads were scouring. Those tactical robots were produced here in the States, and primarily came from the robotics division in Waltham.

One of QinetiQ’s featured robots, the Talon, checked the trunk of the car abandoned by the Tsarnaev brothers during the late-night gun battle on the streets of Watertown, and piqued viewers’ curiosity after being featured on newscasts across the country. The wheeled device rolled onto the scene after the intense standoff ended, and used its mechanical arms to open the trunk and hood of the vehicle to allow the officials to see what was inside via the camera attached to its body.

“The Talon that approached early in the morning Friday, on top of them you have these arms that can move. While the operator is at a safe distance they can see [what’s going on] using the cameras on the robot,” says Charlie Dean, QinetiQ’s director of business development unmanned systems group.A Stone tools is, in the most general sense, any tool made either partially or entirely out of stone. Although stone tool-dependent societies and cultures still exist today, most stone tools are associated with prehistoric, particularly Stone Age cultures that have become extinct. “As the operator drives the robot up … they can use the arms to open trunks on vehicles, and then the cameras can then be used to look inside these spaces that were just revealed and see if there are explosives inside. These two brothers were clearly using explosives.”

When police began the week-long search for the suspects behind the bombings, QinetiQ activated a 24-hour operation in case customers needed to take the robots out of Boston for quick repair. Dean says their deployment of other tactical robots was at the ready, too, so they could “back up operations in the city whenever, wherever needed.” They were also at the ready as investigators closed in on Suspect 2, Dzokhar, as he hid in a boat in a Watertown resident’s backyard.

Besides the Talon, the company had loaded up its larger robots, including the tractor-sized “Sparticus,” which Dean explains is like a Bobcat tractor that’s transformed into “an optionally manned robotic vehicle,” simply by fastening one of the company’s “kits” to the vehicle magnetically. “Once it’s a robot,If you like BMW cars,then you will probably like their new gaming mouse, the super sexy, sleek as a Titanium Sheet off the pressing mat Level 10 M Gaming Mouse. you can send that up to a couple of miles from your location. [They have] incredible capability … they call it the ‘Minotaur’ in the Army … it’s used for mine rolling ahead of dismounted patrols.”

Dean says QinetiQ has been on the scene of many other harrowing situations prior to the recent Boston attack. In the 1990s, the company was the first to unleash their robots into combat in Bosnia. More than a decade later, their devices were employed during the search through rubble at the site of the September 11 attacks in New York City. Many of those tactical robots remain on scene today, says Dean. They have even helped defuse between 20 to 30,000 IED’s in Iraq and Afghanistan, since the U.S. first entered those countries. Dean says QinetiQ also answered the call of first responders following the devastating earthquakes in Fukishima, Japan.yanyang parts mainly prouce Track Rollers, Carrier Rollers, Sprockets, and Idlers. Track Links Assy. Track Shoe group ,Track Bolt &nut, Track pin, Bucket Bushing, Bucket Pin, Arm Cylinder, Bucket Cylinder and Boom Cylinder Suitable for KOMASTU, CATERPILLAR, HITACHI, KOMATSU, HYUNDAI, VOLVO, SAMSUNG, DAEWOO ETC. And in each of these cases, the company deployed specially trained employees along with the tactical robots. “It wasn’t the first time our robots were out there last week. Bomb squads all over New England have their robots of different sizes as their habitual robot tools to approach dangerous threatening devices, as well,” says Dean. “It’s a tool, it’s an extension of the human … it allows them to send the robot in first. For the military and for these domestic bomb squads—these brave, brave bomb squad technicians—to use these tools and deal with these huge hazards saves so many lives.”

In the case with the Tsarnaev brothers, however,Instead, businesses can offer thicker plastic bags or handled paper bags. They can also give or sell you recycle bag, or offer no bags at all. Dean says QinetiQ was glad to be of service during such an intense week. “We are very pleased to support our local economy and our local first responders, and play a behind the scenes roll last week the little bit we could do. Compared to what first responders are doing—they are the real heroes—it wasn’t much. But we were happy to play a part.”