Military robots

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. Chapters: Phalanx CIWS, Powered exoskeleton, Dassault nEUROn, Goalkeeper CIWS, TAI Anka, Crusher, Sentry gun, Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot, Foster-Miller TALON, Unmanned ground vehicle, 30mm DS30M Mark 2 Automated Small Calibre Gun, Goliath tracked mine, Counter Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar, Dassault LOGIDUC, List of military robots in fictional media, Dassault-Sagem SlowFast, PackBot, Talisman UUV, BigDog, XM1219 Armed Robotic Vehicle, DRDO Daksh, Dragon Runner, Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot, Black Knight, XM1216 Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle, Remotec ANDROS, IRobot Seaglider, IRobot Warrior, IRobot Ranger, MARCbot, Samsung SGR-A1, Wheelbarrow, Legged Squad Support System, IRobot Transphibian, MarkV-A1, Modular Advanced Armed Robotic System, IRobot Negotiator, SYRANO, IRobot R-Gator, Guardium, MATILDA, Armored Combat Engineer Robot, PROWLER, ST Aero MAV-1, Tactical Autonomous Combatant. Excerpt: The Phalanx CIWS is an anti-ship missile defense system. It is a close-in weapon system (CIWS) and was designed and manufactured by the General Dynamics Corporation, Pomona Division (now a part of Raytheon). Consisting of a radar-guided 20mm Gatling gun mounted on a swivelling base, the Phalanx is used by the United States Navy on every class of surface combat ship, by the United States Coast Guard aboard its Hamilton-class and Legend class cutters and the navies of 23 allied nations. A land based variant known as C-RAM has recently been deployed in a short range missile defense role, to counter incoming rockets and artillery fire. Because of their distinctive barrel-shaped radome and their automated nature of operation, Phalanx CIWS units are sometimes nicknamed "R2-D2" after the famous droid from Star Wars, and in the Royal Navy as Daleks, after the aliens from Doctor Who. Developed as the last line of automated weapons defense (terminal defense or point defense) against anti-ship missiles (AShMs), including high-g and maneuvering sea-skimmers, the first system was offered to the U.S. Navy for evaluation on USS King (DDG-41) in 1973. It was accepted and production started in 1978, the first ship fully fitted out was USS Coral Sea (CV-43) in 1980. The Navy began placing CIWS systems on non-combatant vessels in 1984. The basis of the system is the 20 mm M61 Vulcan Gatling gun autocannon, used since the 1960s by the United States military in nearly all fighter aircraft (and one land mounting, the M163 VADS), linked to a Ku-band radar system for acquiring and tracking targets. This proven system was combined with a purpose-made mounting, capable of fast elevation and traverse speeds, to track incoming targets. An entirely self-contained unit, the mounting houses the gun, an automated fire control system and all other major components, enabling it to automatically search for, detect, track, engage and confirm kills using its computer-controlled radar system. Due to thi