They Only Get One Shot

摘要

Troops on patrol seeking out insurgents hiding in hostile towns and cities soon may have a new weapon in their arsenal although this one is more like a hunting dog that points once it has discovered the prey. Not a canine, this weapon is a small robot weighing less than 4.5 lb that can quickly and accurately pinpoint enemy gunfire in virtually any combat environment. As reported in a recent article by Kevin Bullis in MIT's Technology Review, REDOWL, or Robot Enhanced Detection Outpost With Lasers, is a robotic system of optics and acoustics sensors that can identify and locate the position of a sniper after just one shot has been fired.