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Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2005	Army unmanned ground systems go where humans cannot Retired Navy Vice Adm. Joe Dyer, executive vice president and general manager of iRobot's Government & Industrial Robots division, answers questions about the recently released -- the PackBot Explorer.
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The Motley Fool January 17, 2008 Rich Smith	IRBT SUGV -- ASAP! The Pentagon has asked iRobot to get 25 SUGVs ready for testing by April.
PC Magazine April 18, 2007 Erik Rhey	Q&A: iRobot Co-Founder Helen Greiner The co-founder and chairman of the board for iRobot talks about the future of helper robots, the PackBot in war zones, and women in technology.
The Motley Fool April 24, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Honey, I Shrunk the Military Robots The consumer robotics specialist gets small with its latest creation. iRobot machines can get soldiers out of combative jams and consumers out of filthy homes, so it may be just a matter of time before shareholders catch a break, too.
The Motley Fool December 5, 2011 Navneet Bajaj	Why I'm Putting iRobot on My Watchlist This stock deserves a look.
National Defense July 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Next-Generation Robots: Bigger and Better? The exploits of bomb-sniffing robots in Iraq and Afghanistan have solidified their role as useful combat tools, but the technology needs to be pushed much further, say robot designers and engineers.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2006	Edgewood Chemical Biological Center Selects iRobot PackBot for CBRN Detection Robot The U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command will integrate a new chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear detection payload with the battle-proven iRobot PackBot to create the first-ever robot with such a wide array of sensor capabilities.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2006 John McHale	Robots Are Fearless The U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems program will integrate unmanned ground vehicles into a future force. Autonomous ground vehicles promise to be a major paradigm shift in ground warfare.
The Motley Fool October 31, 2006 Jack Uldrich	Onward Robotic Soldiers A major Defense Department initiative could be a boon to robot manufacturers. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool October 21, 2010 Rich Smith	Undead Robots Walk the Earth iRobot and Boeing bring the SUGV back to life.
National Defense February 2012 Stew Magnuson	Robot-Makers Ponder Next Moves as Wars Wind Down The end of the nearly nine-year war closed one chapter for a technology that came into its own during the conflict.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2005 Ben Ames	Smaller Sensors Make Unmanned Vehicles Smarter Army researchers are now developing another part of FCS-an armed robotic vehicle (ARV) that uses autonomous sensors and weapons to minimize soldiers' battlefield exposure.
The Motley Fool September 18, 2007 Jack Uldrich	iRobot Loses a Battle Shares fall following news that a major contract to supply lightweight tactical robots to the U.S. Army was awarded to a rival. Investors, take note.
National Defense July 2011 Grace V. Jean	New Robots Planned for Bomb Disposal Teams Explosive ordnance disposal teams in the next few years will acquire a new family of specially developed robots to fight IEDs, or improvised explosive devices.
National Defense March 2010 Stew Magnuson	Navy to Do Without Prime Contractors On New Bomb Disposal Robots The Navy this year will begin constructing its next-generation of explosive ordnance disposal robots.
The Motley Fool May 23, 2008 Rich Smith	iRobot's Military Math iRobot announces a pair of contracts with the U.S. Army, and apparent price breaks for their No. 1 customer.
The Motley Fool August 16, 2007 Rich Smith	Fool on the Street: iRobot Is Mutating The news out of iRobot's recent second-quarter earnings report was not entirely good. Thanks to a drawdown (and discounting) in inventories of domestic-servant robots -- Roombas and their ilk -- margins declined significantly.
The Motley Fool February 11, 2009 Rich Smith	iRobot Building New Friends? Potential rivals could actually be the roboticist's newest allies.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2005 John McHale	iRobot and Photonics Center create sniper detection system for land robots Automation experts from industry and academia are teaming to build a robot that can help detect, locate, and destroy snipers or enemy mortar crews.
The Motley Fool February 18, 2010 Rich Smith	iRobot Sweeps the Street $0.20 in Q4 earnings crush Street estimates by a margin of 25%.
IEEE Spectrum December 2007 Erico Guizzo	$280 Million Robot Dustup Roomba maker accuses military contract winner of stealing trade secrets.
The Motley Fool June 25, 2010 Rich Smith	Time to Buy iRobot? Analysts at Morgan Keegan don't think so, but what do they know? iRobot's dominance in home and military robots is as obvious as its undervaluation is hidden.
National Defense May 2013 Valerie Insinna	Opportunities for Non-Military Robots Increase In the last decade, the U.S. military poured money into unmanned ground systems to help protect troops against improvised explosive devices, but the Defense Department won't need all those robots once the war in Afghanistan comes to a close.
The Motley Fool May 22, 2008 Rich Smith	Fool on the Street: It Cleans, It Kills, It's iRobot Listen in as CEO Colin Angle tells you all about iRobot in the company's recent conference call..
The Motley Fool March 28, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Love and War at iRobot The consumer robotics specialist gets drafted for more military duty. Investors, take note.
National Defense May 2008 Stew Magnuson	Ground Robots' Place in Military At Risk, Experts Warn With the success of explosive ordnance disposal robots in Iraq and Afghanistan, one might assume that "mechanical soldiers" are here to stay. But that might not be the case.
The Motley Fool June 21, 2011 Dan Radovsky	Attack of the Killer Appliances! iRobot is an up-and-comer in the growth industry of police and military tactical robots.
The Motley Fool April 28, 2011 Rich Smith	iRobot Blows a Gasket It looks like iRobot shareholders have vacuumed up all the profits they're likely to get for a while.
InternetNews April 4, 2006 Tim Scannell	The Next Battlefront For Robots Military robots may be at the front lines, but researchers are now looking at ways to use them to improve medicine and elder lifestyles.
The Motley Fool November 20, 2008 Rich Smith	iRobot Finds Free Money The government announces it's giving not one, not two, but six little grants to the little robot-maker -- totaling $4.4 million in all.
The Motley Fool September 7, 2010 Rich Smith	iRobot Defeats General Dynamics iRobot is winning the autonomous navigation system war -- without even firing a shot.
National Defense October 2013 Stew Magnuson	Reconnaissance Robots' Place on Battlefields Still Unsettled The fact that soldiers and Marines want small robots to perform reconnaissance and surveillance in battle zones -- particularly urban environments where they can be used to peer into buildings and around corners -- has been established.
The Motley Fool April 3, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	iRobot Is in the Navy The consumer robotics specialist continues to make tactical inroads with its military products. Investors, take note.
National Defense January 2015 Sarah Sicard	Military Joint Ground Robot Programs Face Increased Scrutiny With tightening budgets and one high-profile program delayed by several years, ground robot acquisitions are coming under increasing congressional scrutiny, officials who oversee procurement of the technology said recently.
The Motley Fool June 2, 2006 Tim Beyers	Mr. Roboto Enlists A $64 million contract from the Navy couldn't come at a better time for iRobot. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 4, 2006 Jack Uldrich	Build Your Own Robot iRobot's adoption of the open-source movement is a smart, strategic move. To the extent that hackers are successful, it will be good news for both iRobot and its investors, because it will mean that the firm's bots will become the base platform for new capabilities.
National Defense April 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Defense Dept. Forecasts Greater Use of Robots in Ground Combat Officials who oversee robot technology development at the Defense Department say it is just the beginning.
National Defense June 2008 Stew Magnuson	First Responders Slow to Take Up Robot Technology First responders investigating potential incendiary devices are utilizing the latest robotic devices, but other parts of the emergency services community have been slow to take up the technology.
Wired April 21, 2008 Noah Shachtman	Who Stole the Plans for iRobot's Battle Bots? Jameel Ahed left iRobot to start his own robotics company. His former employers soon realized that their new competitor had taken confidential company documents with him when he left
National Defense September 2007 Breanne Wagner	Navigation System Advances Army's Pursuit of Unmanned Vehicles The Army will begin a series of tests in October that could demonstrate whether ground combat robots can find their way autonomously in the battlefield.
The Motley Fool January 22, 2008 Rich Smith	iRobot Thanks the Tax Man Robot maker iRobot preannounces fourth-quarter earnings, beating all analysts' estimates.
The Motley Fool September 28, 2007 Jack Uldrich	iRobot Pokes Its Head Out of the Gutter A robot to clean gutters could provide a needed boost to iRobot, helping it's stock recover some of the ground it recently gave up when it lost a major battle to supply military robots to the U.S. Army.
The Motley Fool July 24, 2008 Rich Smith	Show Me the Money, iRobot All sales and no cash makes iRobot a dull stock.
National Defense May 2008 Stew Magnuson	Navy to Field a Family of Next-Generation Bomb Disposal Robots The Navy will field a family of bomb disposal robots to replace the ad hoc commercial systems being used in Iraq and Afghanistan today.
National Defense August 2015 Jon Harper	Market for Ground Robots Poised for a Turnaround The market for ground robots is set to expand as technology advancements give the machines greater utility on the battlefield and elsewhere, according to defense officials and industry experts.
PC Magazine September 13, 2006 Sebastian Rupley	Bomb-sniffing Bot First came the Roomba vacuum cleaner. Now we have iRobot's PackBot EOD (short for explosive-ordnance disposal)... Now virtual surgery and soon a virtual human...
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2009 John Keller	The time has come for military ground robots Military robots for ground applications are coming into their own as U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) leaders are increasing their reliance on unmanned ground vehicles.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2004	Makers of ground robots ask for better sensors and communication links Troops in Iraq are in desperate need of unmanned ground systems (UGSs) to dispose of land mines and booby traps.
The Motley Fool February 16, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Best Small Cap: iRobot In the spirit of the Winter Olympics, here are stock challenges from the publication's writers: iRobot is eking out a marginal profit at present, but that will likely change in the coming years. Investors, take note.