Military and Homeland Security

Due to the current nature of Israel's security situation, together with InRob's close working relationship with the Israel Defense Forces, we have gained extensive experience in a wide range of military solutions. We bring world-class experience in UVGs and other robotics and remote control systems. Our military applications comply with MIL-STD standards and meet the toughest combat conditions.

We have developed a range of applications to meet the ever-changing needs of homeland security and law enforcement agencies around the world.

Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD). Robots reduce or eliminate the bomb technician's time-on-target. Procedures performed during bomb disposal missions include surveillance and inspection, X-ray imaging, and disruption. These tasks require sensors or tools to be placed in close proximity to the threat. A robot removes the danger from potentially deadly scenarios and lets a bomb technician focus on the explosive devise rather than the potential danger to his own life.

Improvised Explosive Devices (IED). This was one of the earliest applications of remotely controlled robots. It was developed by the British Army in the early 1970s for use in Northern Ireland. While there are many similarities between military and law enforcement bomb disposal operations, the threats are sufficiently different to treat as a separate market. In addition to EOD, law enforcement bomb disposal more likely involves dealing with relatively unstable explosive devices. The very act of approaching a suspected object can be dangerous as points along the path to the device may be booby-trapped. In addition, no matter how careful a bomb technician is in the inspection or handling of an IED, the possibility always exists that the bomber is waiting nearby to remotely operate the device or a secondary device when the bomb technician is within range.

Mine clearing. Current robot sensor payloads include metal detection array, infrared imager, ground penetrating radar, thermal neutron activation detector and devices to mark the ground where mines have been detected.

Other military and homeland security applications:

- Weapons platforms

- Reconnaissance and intelligence gathering

- Target acquisition

- Nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) warfare surveillance and monitoring

- Ambushes

- Decoy and deception

- Combat engineering

- Communications relay

- Remote sensors deployment and monitoring

- Deploying mines

- Forward area re-supply

- Increased realism in training exercises

- Surveillance

- SWAT tasks

- Message exchange during hostage negotiations

- Adding greater realism in training exercises.