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Israeli Innovators Seek to Boost Soldiers' Survivability

(Times of Israel) Mitch Ginsburg - The MUGI is a real-time surveillance system designed to operate alone in the field. Easily camouflaged and movement activated, the system can provide real-time video day and night. The MUGI is one of several inventions being presented by Israel's Defense Ministry this week at the Association of the United States Army's annual land warfare exposition in Washington. IRIS, an individual robotic intelligence system, is the size of half a shoe box. It can send a laser signal, pick up audio and video day and night, and collect intelligence from within a tunnel or a pipe. The medium-sized version, MTGR, can climb stairs, supply 360-degree film footage day and night, and be used to either deliver or disassemble a bomb or an improvised explosive device. The largest model, the Probot, can carry soldiers' gear, evacuate wounded soldiers under fire, and disperse non-lethal demonstrations by firing tear gas and rubber bullets and broadcasting a high frequency sound. SYS Technologies developed the Medi-T, a portable and sterile operating room that can be carried in three bags and erected in five minutes. Meprolight scopes can detect a target at 2,000 yards; capture and store still images; stream and record video in real time; upload and download data with a USB; and automatically compute the necessary adjustments that snipers must make based on the distance to the target and the weapon's ballistics.
2012-10-26 00:00:00
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