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iPhone controlling military machine makes us all potential Generals!
http://www.electricpig.co.uk/ 2008/ 08/ 08/ iphone-controlling-military-machine-…We’ve brought you iPhone app’s a plenty of late, this one however is not some time frittering bit of fun for pure showing off to friends purposes, no this is serious, please pay attention. One day in the future all those taking out iPhone contracts may well get a better tariff if they tick the military service box!
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iRobot's new civilian Packbot
http://northloop.14gram.com/ irobots-new-civilian-packbotThe Negotiator robot seems to be a smaller, less expensive version of the PackBot for budget-minded municipalities.
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In Coda to Robotic FX Lawsuit, iRobot Introduces Its Own Version of Negotiator Robot
http://www.xconomy.com/ boston/ 2008/ 08/ 06/ in-coda-to-robotic-fx-lawsuit-irob…Robotics, Hardware, IRobot Wade Roush wrote: The last time I saw a Negotiator robot was in a federal courtroom in Boston, where Jameel Ahed—the founder and CEO of Robotic FX and the defendant in an intellectual-property-theft lawsuit brought by his former employer, iRobot—was driving the nimble little device around the judge’s bench via remote control.
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Bomb disposal robots get new life sniffing out chemicals
http://www.engadget.com/ 2008/ 07/ 15/ bomb-disposal-robots-get-new-life-sniffin…Bomb disposal robots get new life sniffing out chemicals by Donald Melanson, posted Jul 15th 2008 at 4:08PM It's not the first time a robot has been given fresh life with a new career, but it's always nice to see bots saved from the scrap heap, which is just what the Army's 95th Chemical Company has done with some PackBot-based bots that were once busy disposing of bombs in Iraq.
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Remote ROB: Wii Remote used to control army combat robots that can shoot
http://www.videogamesblogger.com/ 2008/ 07/ 11/ remote-rob-wii-remote-used-to-co…Packbot, made by iRobot in Burlington, Massachusetts, disposes of bombs, sniffs out explosives and checks for landmines for US soldiers. It is 70 centimeters (28 inches) long, and moves on wheels or tracks. Some even have machine guns attached, although these are yet to be used in battle.
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A NXT Amphibious Vehicle
http://thenxtstep.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 07/ nxt-amphibious-vehicle.htmlYesterday, it rained all day and we had two inches (5 cm) of flood around our house. So we designed this robot initially to go and fetch the mail so we don’t have to go in the rain and get our feet / shoes wet. I have not had a chance to test this outdoor properly yet - as it is still raining.
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IRobot Grand Opening Pretty Grand
http://www.xconomy.com/ boston/ 2008/ 07/ 01/ irobot-grand-opening-pretty-grand/…Robots, IRobot, people Robert Buderi wrote: Updated with photos from the event: I missed all the speeches, sorry about that. But I still had a great time yesterday afternoon at the grand opening of iRobot’s new headquarters—touring the offices, with its multiple coffee stations and places for
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iRobot controlled by iPhone
http://www.dvorak.org/ blog/ ?p=18714iRobot controlled by iPhone Published on June 24th, 2008 Posted by Eideard in General, Technology 1 Comment University of South Florida Students, Rodrigo Guiterrez and Jeff Craig, created a native iPhone app to control iRobot’s Packbot over Wi-Fi.
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iPhone controls iRobot PackBot remotely - no web access needed
http://www.intomobile.com/ 2008/ 06/ 23/ iphone-controls-irobot-packbot-remotely…Granted, controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle using the iPhone over a dedicated web-server is more a gimmick than a true use of the iPhone as a remote control. But, it's still cool. So, then, that would make this remote controlled iRobot truly trick.
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iPhone iRobot control
http://www.tuaw.com/ 2008/ 06/ 23/ iphone-irobot-control/Filed under: iPhone A while back we showed an iPhone being used to control some remote control planes through MobileSafari. Now some researchers at the University of South Florida have taken the idea to the next step with a native iPhone application to control an iRobot PackBot.
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