Robot Vacuum Tech Sucks For Snipers

iRobot Corp., the company that makes the Roomba vacuum cleaner robot, is working with researchers at Boston University on an ANTI-SNIPER ROBOT. The tactical sensory system payload robot, code-named REDOWL (Robot Enhanced Detection Outpost with Lasers) can pinpoint snipers and mortars after the first shot fired. REDOWL does this with an array of optics and acoustic detection systems including a laser pointer and illuminator, acoustic localizer and classifier, thermal imager, GPS positioning, an infrared and daylight camera and two wide-angle cameras.