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- Cho, Joohee. "Robo-Soldier to Patrol South Korean Border." ABC News. September 29, 2006. http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=2504508
- DARPA Grand Challenge. http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/index.asp
- Future Combat Systems. http://www.army.mil/fcs/
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