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08/16/11 — The Office of Naval Research (ONR) will tout a fully autonomous robot, an unmanned underwater vehicle and several other technologies at the AUVSI's Unmanned Systems North America 2011, being held this week in Washington, D.C. "A presence at this premier event on autonomous technology is a good opportunity for us to share…
08/15/11 — Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation will present its TerraMax Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) technology at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) Unmanned Systems 2011, hosted August 16-19 in Washington, D.C. The TerraMax technology recently completed its first limited technical assessment for the U.S. Marine Corps Cargo UGV…
08/05/11 — The U.S. Army Rapid Equipping Force, through the Robotics Technology Consortium, has selected the Lockheed Martin Squad Mission Support System (SMSS) to deploy to Afghanistan for a first-of-its-kind military assessment. SMSS will deploy as the winner of the Project Workhorse Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) competition sponsored by the Army. The largest…
07/18/11 — In the wake of Japan’s Fukushima reactor disaster, Cambridge, Mass.-based Energid Technologies Corporation has developed a next-generation robot prototype for heat exchanger inspection in nuclear power plants. The robot was created for use in an inspection system by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), Ltd. MHI came to Energid, a leader in…
07/12/11 — Harwin Inc, a leading manufacturer of hi-rel connectors and SMT board hardware, will be showcasing its latest products at AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems North America from August 16-18 in Washington, DC. The company’s high-reliability connector ranges have already appeared in a number of products for the unmanned systems market, including…
07/07/11 — Lockheed Martin announced it has successfully completed on-schedule a System Design Review (SDR) for the Global Positioning System (GPS) IIIB satellite increment under the U.S. Air Force’s next generation GPS III program. GPS III will improve position, navigation and timing services and provide advanced anti-jam capabilities yielding superior system security, accuracy…
07/05/11 — Biomechanical testing of Lockheed Martin's ruggedized HULC exoskeleton is now underway at the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center in Natick, Mass. The testing is expected to help shape future requirements for the HULC, based on feedback from soldiers. For seven weeks, U.S. Army war fighters will be…
06/29/11 — SRI International, a nonprofit research and development organization, is leading a team to design a visual intelligence system, known as VIGIL (Visual Intelligence Grounded in Learning), as part of the military's effort to bring about a new era in unmanned robotic surveillance. The SRI team is being funded through…
06/24/11 — Editor's Note: Robotics' response to the recent Japanese earthquake was a subject at a virtual event organized by Robotics Trends earlier this week (Click here to register and review presentations; note all presentations free to attendees). An Associated Press story reported today on two separate incidents in which Japanese…
06/09/11 — Harris Corporation, a communications and information technology company, and Cubic Corporation, a provider of defense electronics and data links, have conducted technology demonstrations that significantly enhance intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) situational awareness by distributing Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) video and targeting data across wideband ground tactical communication networks. The…
06/08/11 — Nextreme Thermal Solutions, a Durham, NC-based provider of electronics cooling and energy harvesting solutions for telecommunications, semiconductor, consumer, medical, aerospace and government markets. introduced the Thermobility Wireless Power Generator WPG-1S evaluation kit with on-board energy storage using the INFINERGY D-MPM101 micro power module from Infinite Power Solutions. The WPG-1S uses…
06/03/11 — Raytheon Company deployed two Miniature Air Launched Decoy instrumented shapes from the ramp of a C-130 Hercules equipped with the new Raytheon-funded MALD Cargo Air Launched System (MCALS). This test marked the first deployment of a MALD airframe from a cargo aircraft. MALD is a state-of-the-art, low-cost flight vehicle…
05/09/11 — Military users will be able to get real-time high-definition video, view infrared imagery, use radar, and even listen in on communications signals—all at the same time—using a new intelligence-gathering aircraft system called Firebird unveiled today by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC). Firebird offers a large internal payload bay and can…
04/20/11 — Bedford, Mass.-based iRobot Corp. (IRBT) has received a $7.6 million order from the U.S. Army for 50 of its 310 SUGV (Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle) tactical mobile robots and spare parts. The 310 SUGV gathers situational awareness in dangerous environments, while keeping warfighters out of harm’s way. The robotic…
04/10/11 — iRobot Corp. unveiled pre-production prototypes of the iRobot® 110 FirstLook unmanned ground vehicle (UGV). A small, light and throwable robot, 110 FirstLook provides hasty situational awareness, performs persistent observation, and investigates confined spaces. The robot weighs less than five pounds and is 10 inches long, making it ideal for…
03/30/11 — RE2, Inc. announced that it has developed a family of robotic arms to meet the growing demands for improved manipulation capabilities on unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) for military and public safety missions such as explosive ordnance disposal. The Pittsburgh company develops plug-n-play manipulation systems and end-effectors that are interoperable…
03/21/11 — Less than a month after completing the first flight of the U.S. Navy’s X-47B UCAS-Demonstration aircraft, flight test engineers from Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) and the Navy have successfully completed the aircraft’s second and third flights. The flights, both conducted at Edwards Air Force Base, mark the beginning of…
03/16/11 — Commercial and homeland security markets for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) are poised to achieve significant growth as governments move to implement more cost-efficient military systems and weapons delivery modalities, according to a new report, “Homeland Security and Commercial Unanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2011…
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