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03/29/07 — BAE Systems today launched its new autonomous unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) Talisman at Oceanology International 2006. The Talisman System, developed by BAE Systems in the UK, is a latest-generation modular multi-role UUV, capable of a wide range of maritime littoral operations. Fully-funded by BAE Systems’ private venture funding, the Talisman…
02/19/07 — Researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville sit in a darkened basement conference room at Von Braun Research Hall. A projector flashes an aerial view of the university’s campus on the screen. The Google Earth image has been enhanced by software that has created three-dimensional buildings on the south…
02/19/07 — The Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Insitu, Inc., ScanEagle team has gained compliance with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) interoperability standard. The standard, also known as Standardization Agreement (STANAG) 4586, establishes specifications for a common ground station system for UAVs used by NATO military forces. Compliance…
02/14/07 — Robotics Trends announced that Evolution Robotics has joined the 4th annual RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition, the international business development event for mobile robotics and intelligent systems, as a Gold Sponsor. The company will also host a ‘robotics breakfast’ on May 15, 2007. The RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition (http://www.roboevent.com) will be…
02/11/07 — Responding to the needs of warfighters, iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ: IRBT) announced the iRobot PackBot® 510 with EOD Kit, a second-generation explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) robot. PackBot 510 uses a new game-style hand controller for faster training and easier operation in the field. In addition, the robot is 30 percent faster,…
02/06/07 — Robotics Trends announced that Microsoft Corp. has joined the 4th annual RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition, the international business development event for mobile robotics and intelligent systems, as a Gold Sponsor. The RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition (http://www.roboevent.com) will be held May 15-16, 2007 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, MA.…
02/06/07 — Energid Technologies Corporation today announced a significant breakthrough in human-machine collaboration technology. Based on software being developed for the Air Force, Energid’s Multi-Modal Dialog Architecture allows a human to interact and collaborate realistically with an intelligent agent or with a real robot. The architecture’s core dialog module is coupled with…
02/05/07 — Athena Technologies, Inc. announced its GuideStar,™ a compact, integrated inertial navigation system, global positioning system (INS/GPS) and air data sensor suite, has been selected to provide redundant systems for the UK Watchkeeper Tactical UAV Program (the largest Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Program in Europe). An important program for British Armed Forces,…
01/31/07 — RE2, Inc., a leading provider of JAUS software solutions and unmanned systems technologies, announced today that it has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program by the U.S. Army to develop a small, high-speed, highly-maneuverable unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) with a manipulator arm. The current state…
12/17/06 — The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] P-175 Polecat Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) have received the 2006 Best of What’s New awards from Popular Science, the world’s largest science and technology magazine. Popular Science Editor Mark Jannot said, “Best of What’s New is the ultimate Popular Science accolade, representing a year’s worth…
12/17/06 — Under a contract awarded by the UK Ministry of Defence, BAE Systems will be the industry lead and prime contractor of a joint £124 million programme to develop Taranis. BAE Systems, Smiths Aerospace, Rolls-Royce and QinetiQ, will work alongside MoD staff and scientists to develop and fly Taranis. Smiths Aerospace…
12/17/06 — Athena Technologies announced today its GuideStar™ flight control and navigation system contributed to the successful first flight of Aurora Flight Sciences’ GoldenEye 80 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The unique design and embedded capabilities of the GoldenEye 80 enable the UAV to be used for a variety of military missions, from…
12/04/06 — RE2, Inc. (Robotics Engineering Excellence), a woman-owned Carnegie Mellon spin-off company specializing in mobile defense robotics, and Textron Systems Corporation, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company and provider of innovative global aerospace and defense technology solutions, announced that the companies have been accepted into the Department of Defense (DoD) Mentor-Protégé…
12/04/06 — Goodrich Corporation (NYSE: GR) has been awarded a contract from the U. S. Air Force Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Battlelab (UAVB) at Nellis Air Force Base in Nev. to develop and fabricate a shortwave infrared (IR) sensor for the Spectre-Finder initiative. The purpose of the initiative is to rapidly demonstrate the…
12/04/06 — QinetiQ has successfully completed the world’s first flight demonstration of a system capable of controlling and autonomously organising multiple unmanned aircraft. The successful flight trial was conducted to support the concept of using a package of self-organising unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) under the control of an operator flying in a…
12/04/06 — Robotics Trends and IDG World Expo today announced that iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ: IRBT) has secured Founding sponsorship of the 4th annual RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition, the international business development event for mobile robotics and intelligent systems. The conference and exposition will be held at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston,…
11/29/06 — The French defense procurement agency (DGA) has awarded Sagem Défense Sécurité (SAFRAN Group) a contract to conduct a joint VTOL* UAV (DVI) study. It covers the definition study of a VTOL UAV that meets joint Army and Navy needs. The challenge of the DVI study – which lays the base…
11/28/06 — Robotics Trends invites you to submit a session abstract to be considered for presentation at RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition, to be held May 15-16, 2007 at the Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA. Deadline: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 Conference Description: Robotics Trends’ RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition is the only industry event…
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