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Navy/USMC

iRobot Awarded $4 Million Contract for FirstLook Bots

Valerie Insinna

Wednesday, August 19th, 2015

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iRobot [IRBT] picked up a $4 million order from the Navy for an undisclosed number of 110 FirstLook robots, the company said on Wednesday.The 110 FirstLook is a rugged five-pound vehicle capable of entering dangerous environments to conduct route clearance, collecting information, and manipulating hazardous materials, thus keeping operators protected. It can integrate third party sensors and thermal imagers, enabling HazMat and chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) missions, and can be equipped with a claw-like tool allowing it to…

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