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“You really need to develop a whole product solution—hardware, software, UI, interfaces, and process redesign—with a consideration for what problem you are really trying to solve.” —Aldo Zini
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04/15/09 — The U.S. military has been one of the most enthusiastic and lucrative supporters of the robotics industry for decades and will continue to be so, according to Joseph Dyer, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral and current president of iRobot Corp.’s government and industrial robots division. But if the robotics…
03/04/09 — SeaBotix Inc. has landed a $1.9 million contract by the U.S. Army’s Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) for the purchase of 27 of the company’s LBV150SE-5 deep-water remote-operated vehicles. The units are designed to be easy to use, remote-controlled underwater explorers, specially designed in models suited for differing depths and…
01/22/09 — For their liquid hydrogen-powered Global Observer Unmanned Aircraft System, designed to operate in the stratosphere for up to seven days without landing, AeroVironment will make use of Rockwell Collins’ Athena 411 Inertial Navigation, Global Positioning, Air Data, Attitude, Heading, Reference System (INS/GPS/ADAHRS). The Rockwell Collins Athena 411 Inertial Navigation, Global…
01/05/09 — Recon Scout, a throwable, mobile surveillance robot initially developed at the University of Minnesota, can be used by police and military personnel to get inside information about dangerous or hostile environments. ReconRobotics, Inc. announced that it has been awarded the 2008 Innovation Award from Cygnus Law Enforcement Group, publisher of…
11/30/08 — Popular Science Magazine names Black-i Robotics ‘Landshark’ unmanned ground vehicle as one of the Top 100 Tech Innovations of the Year. Landshark, which is less expensive that other UGVs in its class, can accommodate many different types of payloads. Black-I Robotics’ Landshark robotic unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) used for Defense…
11/08/08 — $97M contract win calls for the delivery of deliver 12 Hunter MQ-5B UAVs plus control stations. The U.S. Army awarded Northrop Grumman a $97 million contract to procure, modify and deliver 12 Hunter MQ-5B Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs); six One-System Block II ground control stations; eight tactical common data link,…
11/02/08 — AAI Corporation, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced that its One System Ground Control Station (OSGCS) has demonstrated successful automatic takeoff and landing of the U.S. Army’s extended range/multi-purpose (ER/MP) Sky Warrior unmanned aircraft system (UAS). Three successful automatic landings occurred during test…
10/28/08 — The NCDR has awarded a grant to four companies to perform research and development of advanced robotic systems as well as to conduct research and development on small to mid-sized unmanned vehicles. The National Center for Defense Robotics (NCDR), an initiative of The Technology Collaborative, today announced that it recently…
10/27/08 — Award for the US Army and Marine Corps. comes as Shadow achieves 350,000 total flight hours. Some systems come with new capabilities including a laser designator and a tactical common data link. AAI Corporation, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today that it…
09/10/08 — Troops now have fast, transformer-like ability to modify the Dragon Runner SUGV to fit a variety of critical missions. QinetiQ North America’s Technology Solutions Group today launches its new Dragon Runner Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle (Dragon Runner SUGV). Dragon Runner SUGV is the first fully modular ground robot system capable…
08/28/08 — MobileRobots Inc to Host Pre-Conference Technical Workshop, “Developing and Deploying Mobile Service Robot Applications” Robotics Trends, a division of EH Publishing, Inc., today announced that MobileRobots Inc has joined RoboDevelopment Conference and Exposition 2008, the International Technical Design and Development Event for the Personal, Service and Mobile Robotics Industry, as…
08/01/08 — Pratt & Whitney has received a $54M contract to develop the engines for the Navy’s X-47 Carrier Demonstration unmanned aerial vehicle. Northrop Grumman has awarded Pratt & Whitney a $54 million contract to develop and integrate the engine and exhaust system for the U.S. Navy’s X-47 Unmanned Combat Air System…
07/31/08 — 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. Black-I Robotics today announced it was awarded an $800,000 contract from the US government’s Technical Support Working Group (TSWG) to development, test and…
07/31/08 — iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ: IRBT) announced the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the U.S. Army Research Office have awarded the company a new multi-year, multi-million dollar R&D project to develop Chemical Robots (ChemBots). The goal of this program is to develop a soft, flexible, mobile robot that can identify…
07/28/08 — Dassault Systèmes (Nasdaq: DASTY), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), announced today that Variation Reduction Solutions, Inc. (VRSI) has selected DELMIA robotics solution for use in the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Guided Robots and Robotic Applications in Confined Spaces project. VRSI has received an AFRL…
07/25/08 — Robotics Trends, a division of EH Publishing, Inc., today announced that Microsoft has joined the 2nd annual RoboDevelopment Conference and Exposition as the event’s Founding Sponsor. RoboDevelopment, the international technical design and development event for personal, service and mobile robotics industry (http://www.robodevelopment.com), will be held November 18-19, 2008 at the…
06/02/08 — The Robotic Systems Joint Program Office is providing QinetiQ North America with a $400M follow-on to an original $150M indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity award for Talon robots and parts. QinetiQ today announced that QinetiQ North America’s Technology Solutions Group has been awarded a new $400 million IDIQ (indefinite delivery, indefinite…
06/02/08 — As attested by the ScanEagle’s 50,000 combat flight hour milestone, UAVs, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, continue to prove their worth. The ScanEagle unmanned aircraft (UA), a joint effort of The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and Insitu Inc., this month logged a pair of service milestones as it surpassed 50,000 combat flight…
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