iRobot is the manufacturer of the popular PackBot military robots and the U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle (SUGV).
The Burlington MA company has just announced that it has invested $2.5 million in Advanced Scientific Concepts Inc (ASC). iRobot has also licensed ASD's "ladar" technology. Ladar, a mash-up of laser and radar, is used by ASD to produce 3-D images . These images could greatly advance robot mobility under adverse visual conditions such as unknown terrain or in dense fog.
You Tube has a technical presentation on the technology here.
Recent iRobot articles here.
Sources: As cited.
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