UGV News: Unmanned Land Systems & Robotics

The latest Unmanned Ground Vehicle news for robotic and autonomous systems. Articles on UGV military robots, amphibious UGVs, product launches and technological advances in UGV design and manufacture

U.S. Marines Evaluate Oshkosh TerraMax™ UGV Technology

Unmanned tactical wheeled vehicles that have the potential to serve as a force multiplier and reduce Warfighters’ exposure to lethal...

Aug 15, 2012
NASA’s Unmanned Robot Curiosity Successfully Lands on Mars

Crane Aerospace & Electronics congratulates National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on the successful landing of Curiosity on the Gale...

Aug 07, 2012
Harris Corporation Unveils New Unmanned Robotic System to Remotely Disarm Improvised Explosive Devices At AUVSI 2012

  Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, will demonstrate its new RedHawk™ system used for remotely disarming...

Aug 06, 2012
Black-I Robotics Wins Air Force Contract to Help Secure Robots from Hackers

  Black-I Robotics, Inc. has won a contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome, NY to supply unmanned...

Jul 25, 2012
Kairos Autonomi Developing Mobile Humanoid Robot For Disaster Relief

Mobile platform will enable delivery of dexterous manipulators to remote or inaccessible areas to perform human tasks Kairos Autonomi, a...

Jul 25, 2012
iRobot Receives $7.7m Order from U.S. Navy for Robot Upgrades

iRobot Corp., a leader in delivering robotic technology-based solutions, has received a $7.7 million order from the Naval Sea Systems...

Jul 18, 2012
Roke Develops STARTLE Threat Monitoring System for Autonomous Vehicles

Roke Manor Research Ltd (Roke), a Chemring Group company, has developed the world’s first threat monitoring system for autonomous vehicles...

Jul 17, 2012
RE2, Inc. Wins JIEDDO Endurance Challenge with ForeRunner UGV

RE2, Inc. announced today that the Company’s ForeRunner Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) won the Endurance Challenge, Dismounted Support Category at...

Jul 04, 2012
ReconRobotics Wins $13.9m Contract for up to 1,000 Mobile Robots

ReconRobotics, Inc., the world leader in tactical micro-robot systems, announced today that it has been awarded a $13.9 million contract...

Jun 28, 2012
MIRA Debuts MACE ‘Guardsman’ UGV

MIRA recently unveiled the latest application for its proprietary UGV control system at the week-long Eurosatory land security and defence...

Jun 27, 2012
ESA Tests Autonomous Rover in Atacama Desert

The European Space Agency (ESA) challenged a top engineering team to devise a way for rovers to navigate on other planets....

Jun 18, 2012
QinetiQ’s Ultra Light Reconnaissance Robot Selected by RSJPO

QinetiQ North America (QNA) today announced that its lightweight, throwable Dragon Runner 10 (DR10) robot has been selected by the...

Jun 18, 2012
ReconRobotics Debut Throwbot XT Reconnaissance Robot

ReconRobotics, Inc. is introducing the Throwbot® XT, an advanced throwable military and police robot at Eurosatory 2012. This new micro-robot...

Jun 12, 2012
Lockheed Martin Agrees Deal with Arrow Electronics for USS Components

Lockheed Martin has signed a new strategic enterprise agreement with Arrow Electronics covering procurement of more than 22,000 electronic components...

Jun 08, 2012
Military Video Surveillance Market Worth US$8 Billion in 2012

The global military video surveillance systems market will be worth US$8.81 billion this year, as the development of advanced motion-imagery...

Jun 05, 2012
iRobot Receives $12.7 Million Order for Small Unmanned Ground Vehicles

iRobot Corp., a leader in delivering robotic technology-based solutions, has received a $12.7 million order from the U.S. Army Contracting...

Jun 04, 2012
Raytheon Unveils Prototype ISR System to Canadian Army

Raytheon Technical Services Company LLC (RTSC), a subsidiary of Raytheon Company, recently unveiled its Light Armoured Vehicle Reconnaissance Surveillance System...

May 31, 2012
Deployment of Lockheed Martin Squad Mission Support System (SMSS) UGV May Be Extended

The original three-month Afghan tour of four Lockheed Martin Squad Mission Support System (SMSS) unmanned ground vehicles might be extended...

May 24, 2012
Raytheon Awarded $85M Contract for Griffon Missiles

Engineers at the Raytheon Co. Missile Systems segment in Tucson, Ariz., are moving ahead with a project to deploy a...

May 20, 2012
Autonomous Vehicle Developed for Surveying Assault-Zone Runways

TORC Robotics recently demonstrated an autonomous vehicle for Air Force Research Labs (AFRL) capable of performing expedient runway surveys, including...

May 08, 2012
TORC Robotics Announces Unmanned Vehicle Conversion Kits for Ground Robotics Market

TORC Robotics now offers unmanned vehicle conversion kits to rapidly configure by-wire, tele-operated, and autonomous control on customer selected mobility...

Mar 30, 2012
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