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- [Sergeant Dunn] Hello,
I'm tech Sergeant Dunn.

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- [Sergeant Gilbert] And I'm
technical Sergeant Gilbert.

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- [Sergeant Dunn] Today, we're
going to talk to you about

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our Robot Deployment Improvement Project.

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As you can see in the
video, the current way

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of deploying the robot
is by utilizing a ramp

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that weighs approximately 200 pounds.

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It requires two people to
pull it out of the truck

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and then place it.

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This causes several safety
issues because of the weight

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of it and being able to
possibly pinch fingers.

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And the ramp itself is also very slick,

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which could cause damage
to a $250,000 robot.

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- [Sergeant Gilbert] Another
issue we have is that

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it takes two people to
employ it, as you saw.

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- [Sergeant Dunn] Now each,
our typical response team

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is two people, a team
leader and a team member.

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During the initial phase of the response,

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the team leader should be coordinating

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with the on-scene
commander about the cordon,

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safety aspects, such as fire and medical,

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and where the device actually is located.

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All the team members should
be preparing the tools.

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Our main tool against
the IED is the robot.

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- [Sergeant Gilbert] As you
have seen in this video,

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a solution to this problem is by using

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a commercially available wheelchair lift.

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These wheelchair lifts
are rated at 800 pounds

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and allows our large robots that weigh

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approximately 400 pounds and a team member

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to quickly get onto the
ramp and out of the vehicle

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while only utilizing one person to do so.

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- [Sergeant Dunn] As you saw earlier the

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robot wheelchair lift
runs off vehicle power.

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Now, if you lose vehicle
power or the hydraulics fail,

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you have a manual hydraulic pump.

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As you saw, Sergeant Dunn pumping it up

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and now he's lowering it.

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Now for pumping it up,
you saw it took a while,

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but that's not until the end of response

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when you actually have to
pump this thing back up.

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Most of your response time,

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it's just going to be on the ground.

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The other part of this is the cost.

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It only cost us $7,000 to buy the lift

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and have it installed.

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And only 48 hour turnaround
for drop off to pickup

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before we had our knees NESERD back,

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our emergency response vehicle.

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The other thing is it has
almost a lifetime warranty.

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You have 10,000 cycles up
and down for three years,

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or a one-year 3,000 cycle.

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We only usually cycle this
thing five to 10 times a week.

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- [Sergeant Gilbert] Our
hope for this submission

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is to standardize equipment
across the career field

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and enhance the response effectiveness.

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Thank you for your time and consideration.

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