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.

The Douglas County Bomb Squad used its bomb robot to detonate some old dynamite found in Colorado. According to investigators ...

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 to deliver explosives to a suspected gunman, killing him. Experts say robots aren't new to law enforcement but this use was unprecedented.

A Douglas County bomb squad robot helped safely detonate old dynamite found inside a residential shed, the Douglas County ...

Last June Dallas Police used a similar bomb disposal robot to detonate pipe bombs inside a suspect's van. Models like it can use explosives, a water cannon, or high-powered air to disrupt ...

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 ...

A bomb disposal robot has, it seems, for the first time disposed of a human being. In the hours following Thursday night’s mass shooting of 12 Dallas police officers ...

For the last 40 years, crude robots have been used to defuse bombs. We look at the development of these slow, deliberate droids that face an abrupt, explosive end.