Showing posts with label ROBOT RODEO. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ROBOT RODEO. Show all posts

Sunday, June 22, 2014

TEAMS GEAR UP FOR ROUNDUP RODEO AT LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY

FROM:  LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY
Caption: A hazardous devices team robot pulls a fire hose from a reel during a Robot Rodeo competition and exercise.  Bomb squads compete in timed scenarios at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Hazardous devices teams showcase skills at Robot Rodeo June 24-27

LOS ALAMOS, N.M., June 19, 2014—Hazardous devices teams from around the Southwest will wrangle their bomb squad robots at the eighth annual Robot Rodeo beginning Tuesday, June 24 at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

“The Robot Rodeo gives bomb squad teams the opportunity to practice and hone their skills in a lively but low-risk setting,” said Chris Ory of LANL’s Emergency Response Group and a member of the Lab’s hazardous devices team.

The rodeo gets under way at 8 a.m. in Technical Area 49, a remote section of Laboratory property near the entrance to Bandelier National Monument. Eight teams are scheduled to participate in the three-day competition. Teams compete in events and simulations, such as

 searching vehicles for explosive devices
 recovery of a stolen weapon
 navigating obstacle courses
 investigating a possible homemade explosives lab
 operating in darkened buildings
 using common hand tools to disable a device
 attacking and rendering safe large vehicle bombs
  dealing with suicide bombers.
Teams scheduled to participate in this year’s event include New Mexico State Police, Los Alamos and Albuquerque Police departments, Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Office, Kirtland Air Force Base Explosives Ordinance Disposal team, Colorado Regional Bomb Squad, a team from the British army and a U.S. Army team from Fort Carson, Colo.

The Laboratory — along with Sandia National Laboratories, the Region II International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators, REMOTEC, U.S. Technical Working Group, QinetiQ, WMD Tech, Tactical Electronics, iRobot, ICOR Technology Inc., NABCO, Mistral Security Inc., QSA Global and Stratom — sponsor the Robot Rodeo.

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