domingo, 30 de agosto de 2015

Military & Aerospace Electronics

Navy orders 110 small throwable

 unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) 

robots from iRobot

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BEDFORD, Mass., 27 Aug. 2015.
 unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) experts at iRobot Corp. in Bedford,
 Mass., have received a $4 million order from the U.S. Navy for the 
company's model 110 FirstLook robots and accessories, company
 officials announced last week.
The rugged iRobot 110 FirstLook is a five-pound, compact and
 expandable robot that provides situational awareness, performs
persistent observation, and investigates and manipulates dangerous
 and hazardous materials while keeping the operator out of harm's way.
FirstLook can integrate third-party sensors for handling hazardous
 materials, chemical-biological-nuclear materials, and to accommodate
 thermal imagers, iRobot officials say.
Users also can fit the small robot with the company's Small 
Lightweight Manipulator to interact with the environment.
"FirstLook is light enough and rugged enough to be thrown through a 
window or down a flight of stairs, and its capabilities are expandable
with the addition of different payloads. We believe FirstLook is the most
 capable robot in its weight class," says Tom Frost, senior vice president
and general manager of iRobot's Defense & Security business unit.
The iRobot company has delivered more than 5,000 of its defense
 and security robots to military and civil defense forces worldwide,
 company officials say. For more information contact iRobot 
online at www.irobot.com.

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