WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Almost three years into the Iraq conflict and four into the Afghanistan war, the phrase "improvised explosive devices" has become one that is met with hesitation. This is ...

December 13, 2007 Known for an array of intelligent machines from home helpers to military aides, iRobot has just announced an upgrade to its PackBot with the addition of a Mapping Kit. They new ...

BEDFORD, Mass., 8 May 2009. Officials of the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) in Orlando, Fla. needed unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) for ...

July 11, 2022: Since 2019 the United States and South Korea have been jointly developing the 4x4 electric powered ATE (Autonomous Tunnel Exploitation) robotic vehicle for exploring the tunnels that ...

BURLINGTON, Mass., 21 Dec. 2007. iRobot Corp. has introduced the iRobot PackBot with Mapping Kit, which provides a new payload designed to help warfighters manage search, surveillance, and ...

BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ: IRBT), a leader in delivering robotic technology-based solutions, announced that three of the company’s robots have been purchased by Progress ...

April 18, 2007: The U.S. Army is moving up the deployment of its new infantry robot, the SUGV (Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle). This is a smaller version of the PackBot, which is made by iRobot ...

iRobot's 510 PackBot on display at the annual Association of the US Army conference at Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., on Monday, October 12, 2015. The next generation of ...

BAGRAM, Afghanistan (CNN) --Dashing past waiting troops, a new ally in the battle against al Qaeda speeds forward -- "Packbot." It's the United States Army's first battlefield robot, intended to check ...

This isn’t the dumbest idea in the history of military robotics. But it sure as sugar ain’t the smartest, either. The kit is designed to be man-packable and could be used by civilian teams for ...

While many of us may ooh and ahh at the new iPhone apps reaching the consumer level, a pair from the University of South Florida has coded a native iPhone application that can operate iRobot’s Packbot ...

Almost three years into the Iraq conflict and four into the Afghanistan war, the phrase "improvised explosive devices" has become one that is met with hesitation. This is a new style of combat that's ...