Dyer notes of the PackBot that the ultimate mission of these machines is to save lives. Shares of Burlington, Mass-based iRobot closed at $27.40 Thursday, slightly up for the day, but well off the ...

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.

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 releases new PackBot . BURLINGTON, Mass., Dec. 12 (UPI) -- 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 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 folks at iRobot (yeah, the same guys that make the Roomba) are ready to send their new PackBot 510 out to battle.The PackBot is a bomb-disposing robot used out in the field where it’s too ...

The PackBot 510 with FasTac Kit iRobot. The order, made by the U.S. Army TACOM Contracting Center in Warren, Mich., calls for 486 iRobot PackBot 510 with FasTac Kit robots by March 31, 2010.

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.

The iRobot 510 PackBot was used by law enforcement to investigate a car driven by one of the suspects early Friday in Watertown, the company said. The robot had increased reach, ...

Cue the "Skynet" conspiracy theories: Robots are beginning to team up and work together -- and the U.S. government is helping them do it. iRobot's PackBot now has its own private air force, thanks ...

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 ...