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iRobot Reveals Enhanced Seaglider
iRobot announced a new version of their glider robot Seaglider. Seaglider is UUV or unmanned underwater vehicle that operates between 65 and 3,280 feet underwater and has completed mission longer than 9 months without needing a battery replacement. The Seaglider can also house a variety of sensors such as oxygen sensors and PAR (Photosynthetically Active [...]
iRobot’s 110 FirstLook
iRobot unveiled their newest military robot this week. It is also their first throwable robot. The robot called FirstLook is a tread based robot with flippers to help it up stairs or over obstacles. FirstLook can also right itself if it lands upside down after being thrown. It can be dropped onto concrete from up [...]
iRobot Introduces Telepresence Robot
iRobot this week introduced a new telepresence robot at CES called AVA. This robot can self adjust it’s own height from 3 to 5 feet and is topped off with a tablet pc. It has an array of sensors to help it avoid bumping into things including rangefinders, acoustic sensors, bump sensors and PrimeSense sensors. [...]
iRobot Scooba 230
iRobot has just introduced a new floor cleaning robot called the Scooba 230. This compact round robot uses a cleaning solution to remove 97% of all bacteria from your kitchen and bathroom floors. The Scooba 230 can also be used with tap water if you run out of cleaning solution. It is easy to refill [...]
iRobot Receives Contracts for Seaglider
iRobot recently received two contracts from the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO). The first contract is for $900,000 and will refurbish and upgrade NAVOCEANO’s existing Seaglider fleet. The second contract worth $920,000 will provide new Seaglider’s. Seaglider is a torpedo like submersible that is able to work autonomously for many months at sea, while sending back [...]