<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;"> <div style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;" style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://feeds.nbcnews.com/c/35002/f/663301/s/31d25b65/sc/40/l/0L0Snbcnews0N0Ctechnology0Csoldiers0E30Erobots0Emilitary0Ebots0Eget0Eawards0Enicknames0Efunerals0E4B11215746/story01.htm" target="_blank">Soldiers <3 robots: Military bots get awards, nicknames ... funerals</a><BR><i>[ Sat, 28 Sep 2013 22:04:10 GMT ]</i><BR>Operating in close proximity to improvised terrorist explosives is the kind of thing that forces friendships. But how would you feel if your partner was a robot? "We named ours Elly … And I talked to her," said Brady, a 28-year-old Army sergeant.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.nbcnews.com/c/35002/f/663301/s/31d25b65/sc/40/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/176964958566/u/0/f/663301/c/35002/s/31d25b65/sc/40/rc/1/rc.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/176964958566/u/0/f/663301/c/35002/s/31d25b65/sc/40/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/176964958566/u/0/f/663301/c/35002/s/31d25b65/sc/40/rc/2/rc.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/176964958566/u/0/f/663301/c/35002/s/31d25b65/sc/40/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/176964958566/u/0/f/663301/c/35002/s/31d25b65/sc/40/rc/3/rc.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/176964958566/u/0/f/663301/c/35002/s/31d25b65/sc/40/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/176964958566/u/0/f/663301/c/35002/s/31d25b65/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/176964958566/u/0/f/663301/c/35002/s/31d25b65/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/176964958566/u/0/f/663301/c/35002/s/31d25b65/a2t.img" border="0"/> </div> <span style="float:left;position:absolute;"></span> </p>