The detachment, housed at Bagram Airfield, the sprawling military installation north of Kabul, has surgery bays and diagnostic tools to give the military's robot companions a second chance.

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Next comes a robot lawn mower and bigger military bots that can go faster and farther.

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Its Warrior and 110 FirstLook bots are built for the military, and now the Advanced Inflatable Robot (AIR) arm model is joining its armed forces brethren.

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The robot will be an integral part of a military team.

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