Robotic BEAR Designed To Rescue Troops On Battlefield

The U.S. Army has been evaluating for a year or so a robot designed to rescue injured soldiers under fire. The testing has taken place at the Infantry Center Maneuver Battle Lab at Fort Benning, Ga., reports the Army News Service.

The Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot (BEAR), developed by Vecna Technologies, can be controlled remotely by a motion-capture glove or specially equipped rifle grip. A BEAR operator can recover a wounded soldier and bring him back to a combat medic...