| Robotic vehicles can do the jobs that are too | | | | A lot of effort is also being put into the development |
| dangerous, boring, or disgusting for people. Unmanned | | | | of robotic vehicles for a wide range of civilian |
| vehicles can plunge to the deepest parts of the ocean, | | | | applications. Synthetic Aperture Sonar is helping robots |
| the farthest corners of the galaxy, into the wells of a | | | | capture brand new images of deep sea beds. |
| volcano, and inside combat areas which would be too | | | | Farmers can use these to monitor their crops, and |
| perilous for vehicles driven by human beings. This | | | | forest rangers can keep track of trees and wildlife in |
| technology won't replace drivers; it will help the current | | | | remote places in their parks. There are vehicles that |
| workforce with robots that will drive anywhere in the | | | | can ride the surface of the water to monitor |
| world under any conditions. | | | | coastlines, and there are underwater devices used to |
| The US Army isn't a stranger to robotic vehicles. | | | | recover old shipwrecks and unaccounted for lobster |
| Military insiders say that a lot of their success is from | | | | traps that threaten endangered marine animals. |
| small reconnaissance or tactical planes that are | | | | The newest robotic vehicles will probably surprise you. |
| unmanned. The planes can fly for miles and miles from | | | | Seven hundred ton Caterpillar trucks are currently |
| remote locations, while reporting video and photos | | | | being prepared by scientists that will allow trucks to |
| back to the military stations. They will follow targets | | | | transport 240 ton loads from mining productions. |
| and hit them with extreme accuracy. One great | | | | Automated trucks are supposed to be available in five |
| benefit is that no US soldiers are put in danger, and the | | | | to ten years, and they will save a lot of time and |
| terrorists won't see or hear it coming. American | | | | money. This new robotic innovation will be really |
| soldiers use robotics technology to command drones in | | | | popular due to a shortage of drivers. |
| the Middle East. | | | | |