The Defence Technology Institute (DTI) says its counter-improvised explosive devices (IED) robots will be fully operational within a year, despite the agency’s director expressing caution over their present…
Currently, the DTI’s range of robots only have mobility function, meaning that they lack the practical bomb disposal abilities that would make them truly useful.
DTI director Sompong Mukdasakul said “full integration” of the robot’s sensors, motors and external attachments is necessary before their deployment in operational areas such as the south of Thailand….
He was speaking at a counter-IED seminar, part of the Ravens Challenge international training exercise which the military and police are taking part in over coming weeks.
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Source: Bangkok Post.