Black-I Robotics Awarded TSWG Contract
US government’s Technical Support Working Group (TSWG) has awarded Massachusetts based Black I Robotics $800K to develop a midsized unmanned ground vehicle based on Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) technology.
Feature Articles
Meeting the Increased Demand for Military Robots: An Interview With Foster -Miller’s Bob Quinn
What’s next for military unmanned ground vehicles? According to Bob Quinn, General Manager, TALON Operations, Foster-Miller, a variety of form factors, increased autonomy and a single point of control for multiple robots. Oh, and one other thing - there will be many, many more of them.
Latest News
- VIA Technologies to Distribute Complimentary Nano-ITX Boards at Development 2008
- U.S. Army Awards Northrop Grumman Contract to Procure and Modify UAVs
- National Center for Defense Robotics Announces Receipt of Federal Government Navy Contract Awards
- Robot Cops Set to Patrol Streets in 2084, Study Shows
- MobileRobots Inc Joins RoboDevelopment Conference and Exposition 2008 as Gold Sponsor
- Pratt & Whitney Awarded Unmanned Combat Air System Contract
- iRobot to Create Revolutionary New Robot for DARPA
- Microsoft Sponsors RoboDevelopment Conference and Exposition
- QinetiQ North America Announces New $400 Million IDIQ Contract for Talon Robots and Spares
- Boeing-Insitu Achieves ScanEagle Service Milestones for U.S. Marine Corps, Navy
- RoboDevelopment 2008 Call for Presentations Announced
- Technest Holdings Receives SBIR Grant to Develop Imaging System for UAVs
- Killer Military Robots Pose Latest Threat to Humanity
- NAVSEA Exercises Expanded Options in Contract for Bluefin
- General Dynamics Awarded $40 Million Army Contract to Produce Robotic Security Vehicles
- U.S. Army Installs JTRS-Approved Falcon III Radios from Harris Corporation into Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
- AeroVironment Awarded $45.8 Million UAV Contract
- Lockheed Martin Agrees to Acquire UGV PercepTek
- Patrick Rowe Joins RE2 as Vice President of Research and Development
- Robotics Trends Announces 5th Annual RoboBusiness Conference & Exposition
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Opinions
Military and Commercial MicroUAV Efforts Picking Up Worldwide
Like their big brother counterparts, unmanned aerial vehicles, Micro Unmanned Aerial Vehicles or MicroUAVs, are expanding into many different markets. Both MicroUAV research efforts and deployments are increasing.
Vendor Spotlight
AAI’s One System Ground Control Station Automatically Launches and Lands Sky Warrior Unmanned Aircraft
The OSGCS controlled the ER/MP Sky Warrior in several flight modes, and demonstrated features for improved mission planning, navigation, payload control and low-speed taxiing.
In This Issue:
- VIA Technologies to Distribute Complimentary Nano-ITX Boards at Development 2008
- Evolution Robotics Raises $13.88 Million from CMEA Ventures, Vodafone, Idealab and Quercus Trust
- SRI International Breaks Ground on St. Petersburg Facility
- Adept Technology Announces Packaging Management Software System
- MobileRanger Outdoors Stereo Vision Brings Autonomous Robotics Closer to Reality
- NASA Ames Collaborates to Develop Robotic Lunar Lander
- MIT's New Underwater Robot Can Hover in Place
- WarBots: Latest in Military Strategy
