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TORC Robotics Wins JIEDDO Endurance Challenge at Robotics Rodeo

Ground Unmanned Support Surrogate takes first place in the JIEDDO Counter-IED Endurance Challenge at Robotics Rodeo

BLACKSBURG, VA (July 16, 2012) – TORC Robotics announced today that the Ground Unmanned Support Surrogate (GUSS) autonomous vehicle received first place in the Joint IED Defeat Organization’s (JIEDDO) 2012 Counter-IED Robotics Endurance Challenge, Mounted-Support Category. The Challenge took place during the TARDEC Robotics Rodeo…

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Cyton Humanoid Manipulator

Cyton Humanoid Manipulator Line now has ROS Support

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The Robai line of powerful, low-cost, 7-DOF Cyton manipulators now has support for the Robot Operating System (ROS).  ROS is an open source software framework that provides robot related tools and libraries to support advanced robotics applications.  

The ROS Cyton package allows researchers to easily…

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Surveying Assault-Zone Runways

Autonomous Vehicle Developed for Surveying Assault-Zone Runways

TORC Robotics develops autonomous system capable of surveying expedient runways for Air Force Research Labs, in collaboration with Tec^Edge and MDA Corp.

BLACKSBURG, VA (May 08, 2012) – TORC Robotics recently demonstrated an autonomous vehicle for Air Force Research Labs (AFRL) capable of performing expedient runway…

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RoboBowl Pittsburgh- Healthcare & Quality of Life Robotics Venture Competition

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National Robotics Roundtable Applauds President for Robotics Initiative

Obama Announces Investments to Create Jobs, Improve U.S. Competitiveness

Washington, D.C. – Following President Obama’s visit today to the National Robotics Engineering Center at Carnegie Mellon University, organizations constituting the National Robotics Roundtable applauded the administration’s new manufacturing and robotics initiative and touted the role robotics and unmanned systems will play in creating jobs, strengthening the…

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