print email comment close Armed Robots to March Into Battle URL: http://www.defenselink.mil/transformation/articles/2004-12/ta120604c.html Description: December 2004 article from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) about how "soldiers may have armed robots as battle buddies by early [2005]." The article provides images and brief information about the Special Weapons Observation Reconnaissance Detection System (or SWORDS) robots, which consist of a "weapons platform mounted on a Talon robot." Publisher: U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Library of Congress Subject Headings: Military weapons Remote control Robotics LII Database Information: Record 14561 created by Maria Brandt on 01/24/2005 Last modification on 01/24/2005 Published: 01/24/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/14561