yes the Swat Bot "Bulldog" is very durable I am a mentor for the team and I was on the build team for that project sadly the project took 2-1/2 years to finish but we did get it done and a big thanks goes out to mike, he really helped us out, I really didn't think FIRST was going to get a hold of this but personally I'm glade it did.
here is the list of functions on our swat bot
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ULLDOG Tactical Robot Specs
Power: 24 Volt Gel Lead Acid Batteries
(2 hours run time)
Weight: 150 pounds
Speed: 6 ft/sec
Vision: 1 Color 200X Zoom Pan/Tilt Camera 1 Color/B&W Infrared camera Audio is also transmitted to operator via Microphone
Arm: Shoulder 120 degrees
Elbow 180 degrees
Wrist UP/DOWN 180 degrees
Wrist rotate 270 degrees
Gripper open/close
Reach of 40 inches
Can lift 50 pounds retracted
Can lift 15 pounds fully extended
Can open doors
Scissor Lift 30 inches of lift for Pan/Tilt/Zoom Camera
Lights 2 x 40 watt halogen flood lights