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Robot Repair Shop Helps Keep Troops Safe

A few Soldiers, Marines and civilians work with equipment right out of the pages of yesterday's science fiction when they keep a fleet of robots in the fight at the Joint Robotics Repair Detachment, or JRRD, located at Victory Base Complex in Baghdad, Iraq.

They range in size from a few pounds to over 6 tons and offer Soldiers a way to gain situational awareness and search for improvised explosive devices and explosive-force projectiles from safe distances.

"We repair and maintain all robots in theater," said Master Sgt. Ronald L. Helsley, JRRD noncommissioned officer-in-charge. "Units bring equipment to the shop and if it can be repaired in four hours or less we will do the work and return the equipment to the unit."

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