The PackBot, which is being developed by iRobot in conjunction with the military's DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Project Agency) program, is part of a $50 million Future Combat System contract ...

December 13, 2007 Known for an array of intelligent machines from home helpers to military aides, iRobot has just announced an upgrade to its PackBot with the addition of a Mapping Kit. They new ...

The PackBot is a bomb-disposing robot used out in the field where it’s too dangerous for soldiers to maneuver. The new PackBot 510 is 30% faster and stronger than its predecessor.

At today’s 22nd National Space Symposium, the iRobot PackBot® Tactical Mobile Robot will be inducted into the 2006 Space Technology Hall of Fame. iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ:IRBT – News), along with ...

IRobot is best known for its friendly Roomba vacuum robot, but the company got its start making military robots, such as the PackBot, which is popular in war zones.

Massachusetts-based robot developer iRobot Corp. announced the release of its PackBot technology with a new integrated mapping kit.

As Danger Room reports, iRobot's currently working hard to churn out the bots that'll form the so-called "robot surge" the Army has planned, but the company did recently take the time to show off ...

iRobot has unleashed yet another semi-autonomous robot ready to take on whatever the battlefield throws at it, but this one's got a much better feel of where it's headed. The PackBot with Mapping ...

iRobot today announced it has delivered 2,000 PackBot robots to the U.S. military, public safety organizations and a variety of international customers. Born out of an initial research initiative with ...

The PackBot was one of iRobot's first military-oriented robots. It was part of a 1998 DARPA contract that iRobot won to create a mobile robot soldiers could carry around on the battlefield.

A Bedford company made the robot used in last week’s manhunt for Boston Marathon bombing suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.The iRobot 510 PackBot was used by law enforcement to investig… ...

The PackBot 510 with FasTac Kit lets soldiers view and evaluate dangerous locations from a safe distance, says iRobot. The PackBot can then clear those areas, allowing troops to proceed.