The U.S. Navy’s robotics lab at Point Loma Naval Base in San Diego is developing robots that will follow a soldier’s command or operate autonomously. If one robot would prevent injury to soldiers or loss of equipment valued at $1.5 million per year, how much could the military afford to spend now on the robot and still recover its investment in 4 years at 8% per year?

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