How Police Use Robots to Investigate Bomb Threats

Season 2013

How Police Use Robots to Investigate Bomb Threats

In this web exclusive scene, science correspondent Miles O'Brien talks with New York City Police's bomb squad commanding officer Lt. Mark Torre about how the NYPD uses robots to investigate potential bomb threats, operating the robot from a remote distance that keeps officers safe from harm.

AIR DATE 5/31/13

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