TALON Robots: Speed, Simplicity, Standoff
TALON robots are powerful, durable, lightweight tracked vehicles that are widely used for explosive ordnance disposal (EOD), reconnaissance, communications, hazmat, security, defense and rescue. They have all-weather, day/night and amphibious capabilities and can navigate virtually any terrain.
How are they different from other robots on the market?
1. Man-portable -- At less than 100 lb (45 kg), TALON can be easily transported and is instantly ready for operation.
2. Rugged -- TALON robots can take a punch and stay in the fight. One was blown off the roof of a Humvee in Iraq recently while the Humvee was crossing a bridge over a river. TALON flew off the bridge and plunged into the river below. Soldiers later used its operator control unit to drive the robot back out of the river and up onto the bank so they could retrieve it.
3. Fast -- TALON is the fastest robot on the market today with seven speed settings.
4. High payload capacity -- Long-term system versatility optimizes investment. TALON has the highest payload capacity and payload-to-weight ratio, allowing for the incorporation of a broad array of sensor packages.
5. Mobile -- Climbs stairs, negotiates rock piles, overcomes concertina wire, plows through snow and surf.
6.Intuitive -- Easiest robot to operate; joystick controls.
Withstand repeated decontamination -- Demonstrated at Ground Zero after 2001 World Trade Center attack in New York City. Electronics withstood 45 straight days of being decontaminated twice a day without failing.
7.Long battery life -- TALON robots have the longest battery life of all man-portable robots.
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