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Northrop Grumman Funds Unmanned Systems Competition in the UAE

Northrop Grumman has offered financial support to conduct a competition called the Rodeo in the UAE. The Rodeo competition was aimed at displaying unmanned systems and allowing students to explore areas such as science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

12 May 2011

XMobots Robotic Systems Chooses Vector Software’s Automated Software Solution

Vector Software, a company that provides automated software test tools for embedded applications, declared that XMobots Robotic Systems has chosen VectorCAST/C++ to provide advanced flight navigation software solution in less time to meet market demands.

12 May 2011

Subsea Control Systems Incorporates Advanced Robotics Technology

FMC Technologies declared that it has signed an accord with Petrobras to deliver two subsea separation and boosting equipment, worth around $130 million for the Congro and Corvina project of Petrobras, located in the Campos Basin of Brazil.

12 May 2011

World Robot Olympiad Arabia Brings Together 300 Teams

The World Robot Olympiad Arabia this year saw 1,500 students form 300 plus teams to participate in the three categories. The WRO 2011 was hosted in the capital city of Abu Dhabi.

5 May 2011

ReconRobotics and SSC Pacific to Design New Micro-Robot Platform For Use in Combating Maritime Piracy

If you were a pirate on the open seas you wouldn’t be too concerned about having a beer can thrown at you would you? Perhaps you should be! Recon Robotics have developed a tiny remote controlled beer can sized robot that can stick to the side of a ship and scale the hull to get to the deck.

4 May 2011

US Navy Awards Contract to iRobot for PackBot MTRS

iRobot, a leading robotic technology based solutions provider, has been granted a $230 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract on April 12, 2011 from the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA).

3 May 2011

Robotics Experts Meet in Pune: National Symposium

A number of research and development professionals in the field of robotics are meeting for a two day national symposium in Dighi, Pune.

28 Apr 2011

iRobot PackBots Penetrate the Fukushima Reactor Building

A pair of iRobot’s PackBots crossed the threshold of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan for the very first time since the disaster struck Japan.

25 Apr 2011

Insitu Pacific Partners iRobot for UGV Distribution in Australia

Insitu Pacific, a UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) manufacturer and service provider, has been appointed as the distributor of iRobot’s range of unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) in Australia.

21 Apr 2011

Office of Naval Research to Develop Medical Robot

The Office of Naval Research has declared that it is looking forward to develop the Autonomous Critical Care System (ACCS), a medical robot archetype.

18 Apr 2011