RESCUE PATROLBOT
The benefits of robotic patrol and rescue are well documented:
1. Humans are removed from direct exposure to potential danger;
2. Robots perform most security and surveillance better than humans;
3. Robots don’t tire during hours of patrol, search and rescue;
In addition, the robotic site-security application has certain advantages relative to more ambitious battlefield scenarios.
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Patrol and Rescue:
The Actron BearTM is a fully operational tracked  mobile robot. Each track is equipped with its own suspension system. The robot can move at speeds as high as 30 ft/s (20 mph), even while climbing or descending hills. It can pivot about its center and make sharp, accurate turns. The Actron BearTM is 84" long, 54" wide, and 57" high. It weighs 1.530 lbs and is built in three major parts: lower chassis, upper chassis, and sensor turret. The lower chassis contains the robot's propulsion, suspension, and electrical power systems. The upper chassis houses all computer and electronic processing equipment, including user-interface devices. On top of the eight-sided sensor turret is a CCD camera, which can be rotated 45 degrees in each direction, is used to detect distant obstacles.
The BearTM can be equipped to retrieve injured soldiers from the battlefield. This robotic vehicle would hoist the wounded soldier into its armored shell, and provided them emergency sustainance while transporting them to safety. They could serve as aides to battlefield medics, helping to retrieve wounded soldiers from dangerous areas and providing life support while taking them to a field hospital.
 The BearTM can also become a robotic fighting machine designed for urban riot control. In this cofiguration it will carry a variety of non-lethal weapons, such as tear gas, stingball grenades, and smoke rounds, as well some more lethal weaponry like machine guns. Homeland Security and local law enforcement could use this capability for cases of civil unrest. Typically, such tasks are either too monotonous or too dangerous for humans to perform.
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