Written on July 12, 2008 – 3:00 am | by Bogdan Alex |
Want to see how military cameras look these days? Check out this picture.

Yep, that would be a seagull on the left side, but that’s like the tip of the iceberg. Underwater, there’s a Macroswiss electrically-propelled remote control surveillance cameras. Macroswiss is also known for manufacturing small gun-mounted targeting cameras that allow operatives to point their firearms around corners and shoot whatever's on their wrist-mounted screen like it's a video game.

Hydrobot surveillance camera appears to be a seagull sitting on a water surface when viewed from above, but if we actually go underwater, we could be able to see it's actually a remote-controlled, twin-propeller camera droid that transmits visuals back to home base where a surveillance target is visible from the water.

Gizmag informs that Macroswiss has recently signed on as the U.S. Army's provider of Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs), and to this end has released large and small versions of its Spybot amphibious all-terrain remote control camera vehicle. Running on large paddle wheels that enable good traction on earth, concrete, mud or water surfaces, the Spybots are simple to use and ruggedly built. The smaller Spybot Micro is tough enough to be thrown some distance into its operational area, and will operate just as happily whichever side it lands on. While these are simply moving camera platforms at present, it doesn't take too much imagination to see an armed spybot over the horizon with the ability to target and shoot, deploy teargas or smoke, or even detonate as a moving mine.

I bet bots are going to take the place of human soldiers in the future. Replicating bots, that is.