Robotics Applications: Government and Industrial

Packbot (iRobot)

Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) designed for Military Operations Urban Terrain (MOUT). Used for ordnance disposal (EOD), HAZMAT, search-and-surveillance, hostage rescue

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Applications:

  • military operations in urban terrain and other battle missions (Scout)
  • real-time targeting and battle damage assessment in inaccessible areas (Explorer)
  • explosive ordinance disposal, hazardous materials, search-and-surveillance, and other law enforcement tasks (EOD)

See also RedOwl: (iRobot / Boston University) PackBot equipped with deployable sensor suite for sniper detection and surveillance.

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Company Profile: iRobot Corporation (IRBT)

Talon (Foster-Miller)

Lightweight tracked vehicles that are widely used for explosive ordnance disposal (EOD), reconnaissance, communications, sensing, security, defense and rescue.
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Applications:

  • lightweight tracked vehicles that are widely used for explosive ordnance disposal (EOD), reconnaissance, communications, hazmat, security, defense and rescue


Sword - Built on Talon platform for armed reconnaisance.

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Application:

  • Built on the Talon platform, the SWORDS (Special Weapons Observation Reconnaissance Direct- action System) robot is designed for armed reconnaissance.

Company Profile: Foster-Miller

BEAR (Vecna Technologies)

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Applications:

  • Battlefield extraction and retrieval robot.

Company Profile: Vecna Technologies

VGTV (Inuktun Services Ltd.)

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Applications:

  • Variable Geometry Tracked Vehicle system for remote inspection or observation. Uses include urban search and rescue, hostage situations, search and recovery, confined space inspection, security.

Company Profile: Inuktun Services Ltd.

Big Dog (Boston Dynamics)

Quadruped robot that walks, runs, and climbs on rough terrain and carries heavy loads. BigDog is being developed by Boston Dynamics with help from Foster Miller, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the Harvard University Concord Field Station. Development is funded by the DARPA Defense Sciences Office.

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Applications:

  • Mechanized pack animal designed to carry heavy loads for troops

Company Profile: Boston Dynamics

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)

DEPTHX (Stone Aerospace)
DEPTHX (Deep PHreatic Thermal Explorer) uses 54 sonar sensors to collect data on the surrounding environment and charts 3D maps to enable its inertial guidance unit, accelerometer, and depth guage to identify its position (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) to navigate in caves and other tight, obstacle filled environments.