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Ptah

(33,028 posts) Tue Apr 9, 2013, 08:17 PM Apr 2013

Microwave no match for SWAT robot, Tucson woman discovers

A woman at a midtown apartment complex was arrested Tuesday after she
tried to take out a SWAT tactical robot with a microwave oven.

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When the man and woman refused to leave the apartment, a tactical robot
equipped with a camera was sent in so SWAT members could see what was happening inside.

Just after 1 p.m., “as the robot approached the door, the woman exited with
a microwave and threw it at robot,” Widmer said.

http://azstarnet.com/news/local/microwave-no-match-for-swat-robot-tucson-woman-discovers/article_89b34696-a15b-11e2-9024-001a4bcf887a.html

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Microwave no match for SWAT robot, Tucson woman discovers (Original Post) Ptah Apr 2013 OP

Never go up against a SWAT robot with less than a gas oven. nt rrneck Apr 2013 #1

sadly, I was expecting something much more clever with the microwave. Javaman Apr 2013 #2

rrneck

(17,671 posts)

1. Never go up against a SWAT robot with less than a gas oven. nt

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Tue Apr 9, 2013, 08:25 PM

Apr 2013

Javaman

(62,525 posts)

2. sadly, I was expecting something much more clever with the microwave.

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Wed Apr 10, 2013, 11:23 AM

Apr 2013

It reminds me of the simpsons episode where the kids are trapped on the island and nelson uses milhouses glasses to create a fire. Not by using the sun but by scraping them against a rock to create a spark.

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