The original bomb disposal robots were controlled by a series of ropes. But, as technology advanced, a telecommunications cable was used to transmit commands to the robot’s electrical systems.

Bomb robots have become a secret weapon for police departments . by Matt McFarland @mattmcfarland September 20, 2016: 9:59 AM ET . Police use these robots to disarm bombs.

Sep. 30—LIMA — A robot can be an essential tool for the local bomb squad. The use of robotics by the Allen County Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency was first ...

Dallas police used a bomb disposal robot in another major news story last year, when the Dallas Police headquarters were attacked by a gunman who planted explosives. That assailant was shot by ...

— -- The robot-delivered bomb used to kill a suspect in the Dallas ambush as he barricaded himself in a building during a standoff with cops appears to be the first the tactic was employed ...

Rawlings said the gunman, identified as Micah Xavier Johnson, 25, was wearing a bullet-proof vest. Bomb-making material, ballistic vests, rifles found in Dallas gunman's home ...

Officials sent out an urgent alert on Tuesday about a bomb threat in a Starship autonomous delivery vehicle. The San Francisco-based Starship company provides the campus with food-delivery robots.

An 18-year-old Oregon State University student has been arrested after a bomb threat involving robots providing automated food delivery service on the school's Corvallis campus.

Britain has conducted a trial of robot dogs for defusing bombs, a step aimed at reducing the military personnel’s exposure to ...

The Denver Police Department has a new answer for dangerous explosives, in the form of a robotic “dog” for the Bomb Squad. The robot stands on four legs and, when its bright-yellow, snake-like ...

LIMA — A robot can be an essential tool for the local bomb squad. The use of robotics by the Allen County Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency was first introduced in ...