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Robotics Technology Consortium Teams Win Second Round of Projects

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Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

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The Robotics Technology Consortium Inc. (RTC) Friday announced the government awarded nine winners of its second round of projects totaling $3.62 million. "Winners in this second round of funding include universities, research labs, and companies," said Ellen Purdy, enterprise director, OSD/Joint Ground Robotics. "It is great to see the entire community working together to advance the field and get technology into the hands of our warfighters." The teams will do research to further develop innovative technologies that add capabilities to…

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