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"Scout" Robot Helping Plymouth Police

December 1, 2008

picture of CSE Professor Nikos Papanikolopoulos with the Scout robot

The "scout" robot, a 7-inch robot that was developed at the Univeristy of Minnesota by CSE professor Nikos Papanikolopoulos was featured recently on kare11.com.

The article detailed the ways in which the wireless robot is helping the Plymouth Swat Team with reconnaissance work. The officers control with the robot with a joystick. The robot carries a camera the size of a teardtrop, and a stabilizing tail to make sure it always lands on its feet.

Police beef up ranks with barbell-sized robot

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