EOD robots are potential confined space lifesavers


HILL AIR FORCE BASE – Generally, Liquid Fuels Maintenance and Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians don’t perform duties simultaneously for safety’s sake, but that’s what happened Feb. 8 near building 825 on Hill AFB.

To avoid sending a human into a potentially dangerous confined space to perform a structural integrity inspection, EOD deployed robots equipped with video cameras to do the job while civil engineers looked at monitors outside in the fresh air.

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Source: U. S. Air Force, Eglin Air Force Base