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JIEDDO Orders iRobot FirstLook Robots

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

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iRobot Corp. [IRBT] yesterday said it received a $1.5 million order, funded by the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO), for more than 100 of the company’s model 110 FirstLook™ robots. Since its introduction last year, the iRobot 110 FirstLook has undergone extensive testing and demonstrations with the customer. All robots under this order have been delivered and will take part in an operational assessment this spring. “iRobot has received very positive feedback from the field about FirstLook’s capabilities,…

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