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The Idea Man

Lethal robots? Who thinks up this stuff? Graham Hawkes, that's who

Graham Hawkes is best known for his radical winged submarines that "fly" under the sea like spiraling fighter jets. But the British-born engineer is also the inventor of the military's first robotic machine gun. He hit upon the idea after reading about a disastrous police shootout in Philadelphia in 1985. Here's what Hawkes, 57, had to say about how he brought it to life.

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