Back in 1991 I was stationed in Okinawa Japan. While there I saw a mechanical flagger. That stuck in my head for almost 20 years prior to doing anything with it. In 2004 I introduced a mechanical flagging system intended to remove the human flagger from the road.

I sold a few of the civilian ROBOFlagger units to Camp LeJeune NC. Those were well received so we began development of the ROBOCheckpoint, the first mobile checkpoint system in the world. 25 of those units are now in use throughout Iraq to the Marines. My last contact over there indicated that they were performing well as intended.

The ROBOCheckpoint is a portable traffic light (red/yellow) that incorporates a spike strip, gate arm (like at an airport), 2 way camera, and audio two way communication. It can be setup in 10 minutes with two Marines. You can be 1 mile away and view the checkpoint on a laptop. Soft keys are pre- programmed so that you can give commands in the native language, such as get out of the car, open the hood, trunk or any other commands. Future systems will include a munitions package, camera mounted on a robotic arm to look inside around the stopped vehicle.

I will be in Dubai UAI in a few weeks meeting with Gulf state military leaders on this system. It is now available with cell service and 360* view cameras that allow for more stationary use. It can be left unattended to guard any sensitive installation. You will have 24 hour operation from anywhere in the world. All while keeping personal safe and utilized to more pressing matters.

I am new to this board. I was looking for information on portable checkpoint systems and found none. You can visit www.roboflagger.com to view more info.

The system is not intended to be a magic bullet! But it will allow for safe checkpoints to be conducted with no humans in harm’s way. You will be able to determine a soft target from a hard target. The confused driver from the person wanting to inflict bodily harm!

Please let me know your thoughts suggestions and comments on this.

Simper Fi,

B.P. Goss
USMC 87-91
firstcallflagging@yahoo.com