<p> Robot vendors are searching for new application areas for industrial robots outside the shop floor. This video shot during <a href="http://www.abb.com/cawp/seitp202/ac8d811fc8045a4bc12576e4005d179e.aspx">ABB Robotics Technology Days</a> on April 21 2010 in Auburn Hills Mich. shows an ABB experimental platform using a truck-mounted ABB robot for improvised explosive disposal. Will Eakins senior technical engineer at the ABB U.S. Corporate Research Center describes the action to Wes Iversen Automation World Managing Editor. </p>