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Dogs and Robots Share NIST Special Test Arena Video

A brief video describing the training of both dogs and robots at the NIST arena is available at: http://realex.nist.gov:8080/ramgen/robot2.smi. (Requires RealPlayer)
Audio file for the visually impaired (Requires RealPlayer)

Dogs and Robots Share NIST Special Test Arena (Story)
Bomb and drug sniffing dogs are regular visitors to MEL for training, not for emergency work. Every month as many as 10 to 20 dogs and their handlers from federal agencies as well as from local county and municipal police departments visit the arenas that NIST uses to test and evaluate urban search and rescue and explosive ordnance disposal robots. Read more.