February 8, 2007 That good-for-nothing son of yours who wasted all those hours playing mindless video games might have been building some valuable skill sets after all. IRobot’s newly announced iRobot ...

The iRobot Packbot 510 equipped with the User Assist Package. Robots are becoming increasingly important on the battlefield as both a way to save lives and to reduce costs in certain scenarios. The ...

October 13, 2010: The U.S. Army is buying better software for its PackBot 510/FasTac remotely controlled robots. Increasingly, it's the software, not the basic design or accessories, that are the most ...

iRobot's 510 PackBot on display at the annual Association of the US Army conference at Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., on Monday, October 12, 2015. The next generation of ...

September 10, 2009: The U.S. Army is buying another 486 PackBot 510/FasTac remotely controlled robots. Weighing 53 pounds, and 16 inches (406mm) wide, 27 inches (686mm) long and 16 inches high, it has ...

Following on the heels of a $13.5 million deal with the Navy earlier this week, iRobot Corp. has landed $5.1 million from the U.S. Army for its PackBot robot. Under the order, the eleventh under a ...

BEDFORD, Mass., Aug. 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army has placed a new order with iRobot Corp. for an additional delivery of the company's robotic explosive ordnance disposal technologies.

iRobot today announced it has delivered 2,000 PackBot robots to the U.S. military, public safety organizations and a variety of international customers. Born out of an initial research initiative with ...

The company’s Warrior and PackBot military robots are carrying out inspections and other duties at a nuclear power plant in South Carolina. Last fall, operator Progress Energy purchased one Warrior ...