PackBot
name: label: maker
content: iRobot Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: This object was used by U.S. ground forces in Afghanistan in 2002 and 2003 to help clear caves and bunkers, search buildings, and cross live anti-personnel minefields. The dust and dirt on the object are from Afghanistan.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: Today's military faces new threats in in urban terrain warfare, from terrorism, and on other 21st-century battlefronts. The packbot has been instrumental in solving the military's need for: intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; battle damage assessment; hostage/barricade situations; and explosive ordnance disposal. Used in the Afghanistan and Iraq missions, packbots climb stairs, search tunnels, and examine equipment for explosive materials, providing soldiers with a safe first look.
place: label: used
content: Afghanistan
topic: label: related event
content: Operation Enduring Freedom
label: related event
content: Contemporary United States
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2004.0229.01
label: accession number
content: 2004.0229
label: catalog number
content: 2004.0229.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: PAC-BOT
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (part material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (part material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 20 3/16 in x 34 5/8 in; 17.78 cm x 51.308 cm x 87.884 cm