When a robot is connected to MyRobots.com, its human master is able to go onto the site to monitor the automatic status updates from the robot.

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An incoming anti-ship missile detected even a dozen miles away can be safely shot down only by a robot, says Frank Biemans, head of sensing technologies for the Goalkeeper automatic ship-defence cannons made by Thales Nederland.

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