Developed by the University of Minnesota using funding from DARPA, the Recon Scout resembles your average barbell weight, but when you're not workin' those triceps, this little fellow can be heaved across flatlands, over fences, and into brick walls in order to secure a location and start feeding back video of its surroundings.

ENGADGET: Rugged Recon Scout invades enemy camp, snags video

The problem is that another Marine unit, the Scout Snipers, performs deep reconnaissance and intelligence gathering too, just like Force Recon.

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