iRobot Promo Video Shows PackBot Air Drops, LiDAR, Boats, More
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Wednesday, 10 of June , 2009 at 4:07 am
The video shows a multitude of iRobot products in action, including lots of PackBots with various payloads (including LiDAR), a PackBot deploying out of an airplane (awesome!), footage of the SeaGlider and Ranger submarine bots, and some kind of robotic boat. It’s a nice reminder that whatever we might think of the Roomba (which is at risk of being developmentally stagnant), iRobot’s still burning the midnight oil when it comes to military robots. And it makes sense, too, since (and I know I belabor this a lot), that’s where the money is.
Oh, and there’s also some kind of weird shooting thing at about 38 seconds in… I’m not sure what it is, some kind of weapon perhaps?
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