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Terrorist, timed scenarios challenge bomb squads at Sandia’s Robot Rodeo

May 13, 2019, Media Advisory • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Bomb squad teams from New Mexico and beyond are converging at Sandia National Laboratories for a five-day Robot Rodeo and Capability Exercise where emergency preparedness skills will be put to the test. Twelve challenges for 10 military and civilian teams have been set up for the 13th...

Sandia’s Robot Rodeo provides training for bomb squads

June 8, 2018 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — For a dozen years, robotics experts from the national laboratories have shared their skill with first responders who use robots for hazardous tasks by coordinating annual training competitions to help prepare them for dangerous real-world situations. Next week, Sandia National Laboratories will host the 12th annual Western...
Foreground: Robot holding an orange bucket. Background: Puddle of water and a robot by some pipes. General messy workshop space around.

Annual Robot Rodeo offers bomb squads an unbeatable experience

May 17, 2017, Media Advisory • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories is hosting the 11th annual Western National Robot Rodeo, a thrilling four-day event where civilian and military bomb squad teams get practice using robots to defuse diverse, dangerous situations. Robots are life-saving tools for these emergency response teams, providing them a buffer from danger....
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Robot picks up radiation detector during 2015 Robot Rodeo

X-ray vision: Bomb techs strengthen their hand with Sandia’s XTK software

September 6, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In the chaos that followed the terrorist attack at the 2013 Boston Marathon, bomb squads scanned packages at the scene for explosive devices. Two homemade pressure cooker bombs had killed three people and injured more than 250, and techs quickly had to determine if more were waiting...