Because of the constant loss of American life in Iraq and elsewhere, we, the students at the Oklahoma School of Science and Math Enid Regional Center in Enid, Oklahoma, decided to research alternatives to sending American sons into battle. The culmination of our endeavors is this site, #04-969. Our technical advisor was Dr. Andrew H. Fagg, Computer Science Associate Professor EL at the School of Computer Science at the University of Oklahoma.  We chose the national critical technology of Information and Communication and the technical application of Autonomous Robotic Devices: robotics. The product we have theorized is a fully functional, bipedal robot used in military interactions in order to prevent the loss of American life.  Alternative forms to human deployment in high risk areas have to be developed. Because of the technological advances that we see every day, we feel that robots can help solve this problem. Although bipedal autonomous robotic research is still in its infant stages, many advances have been made. Recently ASIMO, the Honda bipedal robot, jogged for a group of spectators. With every step that corporations take in the direction of fully functional robots, the closer we come to bringing our ground troops home from the battlefields of the Middle East.  ASIMO running at 3 km/h
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