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iRobot wins $7.2 million deal from Brazil for bomb disposal robots

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Brazil is pushing ahead with its vast homeland security infrastructure development programme with the addition of ground robots, which are designed for bomb disposal and other dangerous missions for troops and first responders. The deal for an unspecified number of iRobot 510 PackBot’s is worth $7.2 million through to the end of 2013. The Bedford, MA-based firm, which specialises in designing robots for the military, underlined the importance of the Brazilian market as it seeks growth in...

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