Pentagon invests in robot medics for battlefields
The researchers who pitched the US Defence Department on the idea have prepared a futuristic "concept video" that seems straight out of a teenage fantasy game, showing the notion that robots in unmanned vehicles can operate on soldiers under enemy fire and evacuate them.
"The main challenge is how can we get high-quality medical care on to the battlefield as close to the action and as close to the soldiers as possible," said John Bashkin, head of business development at SRI International, a laboratory that often handles Defence Department research.
