ReconRobotics · military or security robot
Throwbot
A two-wheeled, half-kilogram camera robot that soldiers or police throw into a building or room and then drive remotely to look around before entering. ReconRobotics was formed in 2006 to commercialise University of Minnesota research.
- Price
- $13,950Cheaper than 50%
- Height
- 11 cmTaller than 0%
- Weight
- 0.5 kgHeavier than 0%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- 1.7 km/hFaster than 0%
- Battery
- 1 hRuns longer than 0%
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Why it matters
Throwbot is on the market today.
Real-world use
More than 4,000 units used by US and allied armed forces and more than 700 law enforcement agencies ().
Timeline
- First shown
- 2012
- Released
- 2012
How it stacks up
Against other military & security that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Throwbot is taller than 0% of the 10 other military & security that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Throwbot is heavier than 0% of the 35 other military & security that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Throwbot is faster than 0% of the 31 other military & security that publish a speed. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Throwbot runs longer than 0% of the 11 other military & security that publish a battery. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Throwbot costs less than 50% of the 4 other military & security that publish a price. Bars show the 4 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: payload, joints.
Public attention
How much public attention Throwbot gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
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What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Remote-controlled. After being thrown in, it is driven by a soldier or officer with a handheld controller while streaming video.
- Actuators & motors
- Two DC motors driving two wheels.
- Sensors & vision
- Camera with infrared optics for darkness, microphones, accelerometers and gyroscopes.
- Battery & power
- Lithium-polymer, about 1 hour.
- AI & software
- Single-joystick operator control unit.
- Other details
- About 0.54 kg; survives repeated 9 m drops onto concrete. A pole accessory turns it into a pole camera. Current model is Throwbot 2.
From the maker
Throwbot is the only machine from ReconRobotics in the atlas.
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Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- $13,950$13,950
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Built
- Nearly 7,000 ReconRobotics robots deployed across its product lines (maker)
- Sold or delivered
- About $13,950
- Where it is sold or used
- ReconRobotics, USA (technology from the University of Minnesota)
- Customers and pilots
- US military and allied forces, federal, state and local police, bomb squads and fire/rescue teams (more than 700 law-enforcement agencies)
Sources
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