Defence technology 95

Study the illustration of a Talon remote control 2 Study the map that shows the movement of Soldier X.
surveillance robot. Complete the text with Complete the report with prepositions of time and
prepositions to describe the position of some of its movement.
equipment and components.
Using GPS,Xwastracked lo 1 t he
valley he,[w.Q&(j '08.40 and 09.30. He
stopped j\(I • the village
_ _ _.L! JJ
,. Q' -- - ' 25 minutes. He went
- -1fr
l'l-'liL,
w~ - - -•the village at 09.55. He came
- -'~u..i.t'>u_M _ ~O.
- t~ ---
.,_,__ _ • t he village
10.35 and went }0 •the river by the
footbridge. He walked 'i½rnugn •t he road
heading north, +o 10 the watermill,
and q,tros,\ 11 t hetrack 12

the pass _ _ .:i

.b...____ ,, hills 300 and 301. He
rea~ hetop _ _,a.,,~
.,__ __·14 13.50.Hecame
.....= ~ - -"theotherside _ _ tr)
= ----"
the harbour-- - ~"""' -- -" Zand went

BALLISTIC
_ _.JWl?i;.,,,:,wL-_ 18 theferryforY _ __ lti
_ ~- - "
FO LDING
COVER BOOM 15.05.

There is a folding boom at Jbe SS J.e 1 of the

robot.At ~,e 2 oftheboomis a gripper

which can be used to handle suspect devices.

~ehlnd ' the gripper is one of the seven
cameras carried by the robot. At L., buk •of
therobotthereisamast. At k :mf 'ofthe
mast there is a camera with a zoom lens. There is a
spealcer at £,p, ci;dQ. • of the robot and a
microphone _ _ _.Q_.;jj.,____, the boom to allow
communication with anyone detected by t he robot.
~'\e •
to the mast there is an antenna
which allows signals to be transmitted and received at
a line-of-sight range of 1.2 km. For out-of-sill~! control,
there is a spool of fibre optic cable \i2,n~ •
the speaker. At the front of the machine INhda!' 10

the boom there is a ballistic cover to protect the robot.

At both sides there are caterpillar tracks.