Even though Comedy Central has canceled the robot combat show, Battlebots, StrategyPage brings word that the fine technology behind it is being put to use on the hunting grounds of Afghanistan:

September 18, 2002; US soldiers have used a robot in combat for the first time while hunting for al Qaeda leaders near Narizah, Afghanistan. Fester is a 40-pound robot tank fitted with cameras. It is able to move at nine mph, climb stairs, and survive heavy shocks....

...Future versions of Fester will carry better sensors, better communications, and a 12-guage shotgun.