1.0Gizmodo Australiahttps://gizmodo.com.auAndrew Tarantolahttps://gizmodo.com.au/author/andrewtarantola-usa/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="woAQtBjUIa"><a href="https://gizmodo.com.au/2013/04/monster-machines-how-the-next-gen-police-bot-picks-bombs-apart-in-record-time/">Monster Machines: How The Next-Gen Police Bot Picks Bombs Apart In Record Time</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gizmodo.com.au/2013/04/monster-machines-how-the-next-gen-police-bot-picks-bombs-apart-in-record-time/embed/#?secret=woAQtBjUIa" width="600" height="338" title="“Monster Machines: How The Next-Gen Police Bot Picks Bombs Apart In Record Time” — Gizmodo Australia" data-secret="woAQtBjUIa" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/25/original.jpg?quality=75960540The Wheelbarrow EOD robot has dutifully served the British Army since Lt Col. Peter Mille first put one to work disarming IRA bombs in 1972. But, these days, the 400 or so units currently deployed in the UK and abroad are quickly becoming legacy hardware. The British Ministry of Defence’s replacement: a state-of-the-art bomb-bot that […]