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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…
05/27/08 — iRobot has received two separate orders for robots, parts and kits from the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI). iRobot Corp. (Nasdaq: IRBT) announced it received orders under two separate contracts from the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO…
05/20/08 — Dear Robotics Professional, Here is your opportunity to present at the world’s leading technical design and development event for commercial class personal, service and mobile robots and robotic technology… ROBODEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE AND EXPOSITION The International Design and Development Event for the Personal, Service and Mobile Robotics Industry November 18-19, 2008…
04/22/08 — 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. Foster-Miller, a QinetiQ North…
03/17/08 — 3D imaging company Technest Holdings has been awarded Phase I SBIR grant from the US Air Force to develop a low-power, small sized, day/night sensor named ‘SpectralBird’. Because of its small size and low power requirements, the SpectralBird technology is expected to find use in small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)…
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