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Written by Everything Science
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Mar 22, 2006 at 12:00 AM |
PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2006-- Evolution Robotics, a leading provider of next-generation robotics solutions, today announced a strategic alliance with WowWee Robotics(TM), the #1 consumer entertainment robotics company, to integrate Evolution's technologies for vision and navigation into the next generation of WowWee products. WowWee's award-winning Roboraptor(TM) and Robosapien(TM) are among the best-selling robots on the market today, with several million robots sold to date. Evolution Robotics works with leading consumer brands to make their robots smarter using breakthrough solutions in vision and autonomous navigation.
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| Next-generation products from WowWee will use advanced vision and navigation technologies from Evolution Robotics. (Photo: Business Wire) |
WowWee will incorporate two of Evolution's unique technologies in their line of products: ViPR(TM) and Northstar(TM). ViPR (Visual Pattern Recognition) is the "gold standard" in visual recognition technology, and provides reliable and fast recognition of patterns, objects, and locations in realistic environments. Northstar, known as "Indoor GPS," is the world's lowest-cost solution for position-awareness for consumer robots, and enables robots to navigate autonomously and intelligently. Both of these technologies will be used by WowWee as they continue to create breakthrough robotic companions and entertainment products.
"We are excited about joining WowWee to develop a new generation of robotic products that will provide amazing features to consumers," said Paolo Pirjanian, President and Chief Technology Officer of Evolution Robotics. "These new robots will be truly intelligent and autonomous -- a first in mass-market robots."
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Written by Everything Science
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Oct 03, 2005 at 12:00 AM |
ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 3, 2005--BAE Systems is displaying an Armed Robotic Demonstrator at the Association of the U.S. Army's 2005 Annual Meeting and Exposition this week in Washington to illustrate the synergy between current and future forces.
 | | BAE Systems unveiled the Armed Robotic Demonstrator at the Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting and Exposition. (Photo: Business Wire) |
The demonstrator is an early prototype of an armed robotic vehicle equipped with operative turret components from the Bradley Combat Systems program. The Armed Robotic Demonstrator can be controlled from the operator's station in the back of a manned system - illustrated from the crew compartment of a Bradley at AUSA. Gun and turret position, as well as information from a Commander's Independent Viewer (CIV), and the Improved Bradley Acquisition System (IBAS) can be seen on a screen in the Bradley. "As soldiers dismount, they take a Dismounted Control Device (DCD) along, and continue to operate the Armed Robotic Demonstrator, receiving information on the single screen on the DCD," said Steve Hammond, BAE Systems project manager for the Armed Robotic Demonstrator. The Armed Robotic Demonstrator displays the existing robotic technologies available for use by today's forces. The Armed Robotic Demonstrator provides an immediate system to illustrate advanced robotic technologies, and provide engineers a hands-on prototype to assist in their design efforts. As the components for robotic vehicles are designed and built, they will be substituted for these Bradley components. |
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Oct 02, 2005 at 12:00 AM |
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 28, 2005--Engineers from Smiths Aerospace and the University of Florida's Center for Intelligent Machines and Robotics (CIMAR) have developed a fully robotic and cost-efficient car that today begins competing in qualification rounds for the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) Grand Challenge.
 | | The Smiths Aerospace and University of Florida robotic vehicle; navigational technology currently used on land to be tested 'unmanned' in the DARPA Grand Challenge. (Photo: Business Wire) |
The Grand Challenge is an endurance race across the Mojave Desert in which unmanned, fully autonomous ground vehicles must drive themselves 175 miles through challenging terrain and natural and man-made obstacles. The team whose vehicle finishes the designated route most quickly and within a 10-hour timeframe wins a $2 million prize and the potential to help the U.S. government overhaul its combat fleet. Smiths, title sponsor of Team CIMAR, is participating in the contest to further develop the navigational technologies it currently provides on the military's Sentinel, Avenger, Humvee and M1A2 manned vehicle platforms. The U.S. Army has said that by 2015, it expects at least 30 percent of the land vehicles it purchases to be fully autonomous. "We believe that accurate, autonomous navigation and robotic technologies are vital to the future success of civil and military transport," said John Alber, vice president of engineering development at Smiths Aerospace. "With the practical experience we're gaining through DARPA's contest and a growing roster of customers coming to us for our navigational and UAV expertise, Smiths Aerospace is well-positioned to serve this emerging market." |
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