07/16/10 — BP reports its ROVs have succeeded in capping the leaking well head in the Gulf. Meet the robotics innovators that made it happen. ON THE 86th DAY of the worst U.S. oil spill in history, it was announced by BP and government officials Thursday, July 15, that the oil had stopped flowing in the Gulf of Mexico…thanks in no small part to robots. Since a well explosion below Transocean Ltd.’s Deepwater Horizon drilling well in the Gulf on April 22, the BP well has released between 92 million and 182 million gallons of crude oil, depending on estimates. During that…

03/16/10 — Boeing’s unmanned A160T Hummingbird has successfully demonstrated its ability deliver up to 2,500 pounds of cargo up to 75 miles in under six hours.  The Boeing [NYSE: BA] A160T Hummingbird has successfully completed a cargo delivery demonstration under a U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory contract, proving the unmanned rotorcraft’s ability to resupply frontline troops in rough terrain. The Hummingbird met or exceeded all of the demonstration requirements during the tests, conducted March 9 - March 11 at the U.S. Army’s Dugway Proving Ground in Utah. Boeing showed that the A160T can deliver at least 2,500 pounds of cargo from one…