The show only lasted for two episodes because as it turns out - spending that many days in complete darkness starts to screw with your brain, and hallucinations start to occur.

Our team not only completed the challenge but, with a score of 23 points, won the Systems Challenge (Physical Robots) and was awarded the two-million-dollar prize!

The disaster was caused by a failed attempt to steal crude oil from the pipeline. It was reported that the explosion ripped through the streets of Tonanitla - sending flames hundreds of feet into the air.

The robot shipped out and was received without any trouble but when the engineers brought the Inspection Robot out into the field, they realized they had a problem…

So Instead of sending an agent in with a handgun, flashlight and camera, these brave border patrol agents can now send the bot in to do all the dirty, difficult, and dangerous work.

One such customer was John Deer in Mannheim Germany. This factory builds tractors. The factory needed a way to check for leaks in the engine after assembly.

Instead of using an operator with a mirror on the end of a pole to search for bombs, they could now sit safely in a bunker while the vehicle was inspected by two robotic platforms.

The mine would normally have to shut down production while a technician crawled under the conveyor belts - manually sucking up the dust…

We scrambled to put together five of our largest robots and I shipped them off to Switzerland.

Evidently the termites leave their poop on the top of sills, under homes and he wanted me to build a robot to find the poop…

The Colonel Flew out from Langley for a demo. After impressing him with a live fire demo, he just said: “whoever made that is a genius and I want two.”

I essentially upgraded everything including the wheels, motor, drive train and suspension to support the new camera, shell and equipment.