The Throwbot is basically a remotely piloted camera on wheels that you toss like a grenade. (The manufacturers take that "like a grenade" part seriously: you pull out a pin to turn it on and everything.) On display at the expo is the Throwbot XT, which has better wheels and the ability to pick up audio. The military uses of such a machine are all some variation on placing an eyeball around a corner and an annoying rat-sized machine under the feet of hostile people. There's even a clip to attach the Throwbot XT like a bayonet, so that a gun suddenly turns into a deadly periscope.
It also is comically fun to steer behind very serious and professional exposition attendees, and happens to look like an ancient Russian tank built during World War I.
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