PROWLER

PROWLER
Manufacturer	Robot Defence Systems
Country	United States
Type	Robot mobile sentry gun device
Purpose	Outdoor robotic sentry/surveillance system

PROWLER was a mid-1980s experimental robot mobile sentry gun device.¹ The name was an acronym standing for "Programmable Robot Observer With Logical Enemy Response".

The Logical Enemy Response was twin M60 machine guns, and a grenade launcher. PROWLER was "the first outdoor robotic sentry/surveillance system."²

PROWLER was a six-wheeled vehicle with a gun turret and sensor array, resembling a miniature tank, developed from 1983 onwards. The robot was built by Robot Defence Systems (RDS), an American company from Thornton, Colorado, which has since gone out of business.²

References

Everett, H.R. (1998). "A Brief History of Robotics in Physical Security". Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center. Archived from the original on 2006-12-05. Retrieved 2006-11-26.
Krishnan, Armin (2009). Killer robots : legality and ethicality of autonomous weapons (Repr. ed.). Farnham, England: Ashgate. ISBN 978-0-7546-7726-0. Retrieved 24 January 2012.

External links

U.S. Navy, A Brief History of Robotics in Physical Security, Commander H.R. Everett;

[SPAWARUSMIL-1] Everett, H.R. (1998). "A Brief History of Robotics in Physical Security". Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center. Archived from the original on 2006-12-05. Retrieved 2006-11-26.

[KillRobKA-2] Krishnan, Armin (2009). Killer robots : legality and ethicality of autonomous weapons (Repr. ed.). Farnham, England: Ashgate. ISBN 978-0-7546-7726-0. Retrieved 24 January 2012.

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