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Homeland Security

iRobot To Develop ChemBots For DARPA

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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

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iRobot Corp. [IRBT] yesterday said the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Army Research Office have awarded the company a new multi-year, $3.3 million dollar research and development project to develop Chemical Robots (ChemBots). The goal of this program is to develop a soft, flexible, mobile robot that can identify and maneuver through openings smaller than its actual structural dimensions to perform Department of Defense (DoD) tasks within complex and highly cluttered environments. A leader in innovative robotics…

Congress

House Authorizers Retain Battleship Funding, But Want Nuclear-Power Report

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Congress

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Space

NRO Nominee: “We Have To Look Differently At Our Requirements”

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