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robotstocknews.blogspot.com - 5/26/2009

- All about iRobot, Roomba, Scooba and PackBot: iRobot Develops Square-Sided Roomba!

— robotstocknews.blogspot.com — BREAKING/EXCLUSIVE: iRobot Corporation (NASDAQ:IRBT) has developed a new Roomba design that features a square front end and a round rear, enabling better cleaning of corners and and wall edges while maintaining most of the iconic round robot's ... (more) - All about iRobot, Roomba, Scooba and PackBot: iRobot ...

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engadget.com - 5/19/2009

iRobot's military Ember bots are tiny treaded hotspots

— engadget.com — Remember the LANDroids initiative, which resulted in iRobot scoring a $2.5 million contract to create tiny, miniaturized bots that could crawl through battlefields and your nightmares? The company is showing off the early fruits of that contract, ... (more) iRobot's military Ember bots are tiny treaded hotspots

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Video: iRobot "Ember", a swarming battlefield robot
Boing Boing Gadgets — Like a tiny version of the Packbot, the Ember is a prototype battlefield robot that iRobot hopes will someday be nigh-on disposable. [via Danger Room] ...

iRobot's Tiny Ember Robots Scout Terrains in Swarms [Robots]
Gizmodo — ... Embers, which are around the size of a paperback book, are said to weigh less than a pound and are also equipped with built-in cameras and side flippers to help them vault over any obstacles they might encounter in the field. As part of DARPA's LANDroids program, iRobot was given three years and $2.5 million to develop the Embers. Currently in their first year, iRobot is looking to make the Ember easy to use and cheap, so that they could be left behind on the battlefield if needed. [Danger Room via ...

Tiny “Ember” military robot navigates curbs with ease
CrunchGear — ... a billion of them, they could be practically throw-away. They’re made by iRobot, of Roomba fame, which explains how it’s so good at getting around. In other news, Brightcove needs to fix their embeds so they actually center and/or can be resized. Those of us who care about things like page layouts find the above configuration quite offensive, and if you check the source you’ll find it’s ignored div and resolution parameters. [via Danger Room]