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Military Ground Robots 2008
WinterGreen Research, Inc., Jan 2008, Pages: 239
MILITARY GROUND ROBOT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
MILITARY GROUND ROBOT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ES-1
Military Ground Robot Market Driving Forces ES-1
Robotics Industry Synergies ES-1
Military Robotics Market Driving Forces ES-2
Military Robot Market Shares ES-3
MILITARY GROUND ROBOT MARKET DESCRIPTION AND MARKET DYNAMICS
1. MILITARY NASA MOBILE ROBOTS AND ROBOTIC EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL (EOD)
MARKET DESCRIPTION AND MARKET DYNAMICS 1-1
1.1 Robots Used In Struggle To Defeat Explosive Devices 1-1
1.1.1 Remotely Controlled Armed Robots Deployed In Iraq 1-2
1.2 U.S. Military Uses Robots For Surge 1-3
1.3 India Plans To Develop Robot Army 1-4
1.4 Military Robots in India 1-5
1.4.1 South Korea's Planned Army Of Killbots 1-6
1.4.2 US Robotics Investment for Military 1-7
1.5 Unmanned Ground Robot Vehicles 1-7
1.6 Seizing the Robotics Opportunity 1-8
1.6.1 Modular Self-Reconfiguring Robotic Systems 1-9
1.7 Public Aware That Robotics Have “Arrived” 1-9
1.8 Next Generation Robotics 1-10
1.9 Market Research Risk Mitigation 1-13
2. MILITARY GROUND ROBOT MARKET SHARES AND FORECASTS 1
2.1 Military Ground Robot Market Driving Forces 2-1
2.1.1 Robotics Industry Synergies 2-1
2.1.2 Military Robotics Market Driving Forces 2-2
2.1.3 Military Robotics Enabling Technology 2-3
2.2 Robots For Defense And Homeland Security 2-5
2.2.1 U.S. Army Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle (SUGV) 2-5
2.2.2 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or
DARPA Tactical Teams 2-6
2.2.3 Application Scope 2-6
2.3 Military Robot Market Shares 2-7
2.3.1 Northrop Grumman Remotec 2-9
2.3.2 Northrop Grumman Remotec UK Wheelbarrow Robots 2-9
2.3.3 iRobot Military Robotics 2-9
2.3.4 iRobot Contract Research and Development Projects 2-11
2.3.5 iRobot Robots Perform Dull, Dirty Or Dangerous Missions 2-11
2.3.6 iRobot Wins $286 Million U.S. Army Contract 2-12
2.3.7 iRobot Quantitative Evidence 2-13
2.3.8 iRobot R&D and Partners 2-13
2.3.9 iRobot Strategy 2-15
2.3.10 QinetiQ Foster-Miller 2-16
2.3.11 Allen-Vanguard 2-17
2.3.12 Allen-Vanguard Spares For Symphony Electronic Counter Measures (ECM) Program 2-18
2.3.13 Boston Dynamics 2-18
2.4 Military Ground Robot Market Forecasts 2-19
2.4.1 Remotely Controlled Armed Robots Deployed In Iraq 2-24
2.5 U.S. Military Robot for 'Surge' 2-25
2.5.1 Robotic Rovers Spirit And Opportunity 2-26
2.6 Military Robot Regional Market Analysis 2-26
MILITARY GROUND ROBOT ROBOT PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
3. MILITARY GROUND ROBOT PRODUCT DESCRIPTION 3-1
3.1 Northrop Grumman Remotec 3-1
3.1.1 Northrop Grumman Remotec F6A Vehicle 3-7
3.1.2 Northrop Grumman 6A Remotec Vehicles 3-10
3.1.3 Northrop Grumman Mark V-A1 3-12
3.1.4 Northrop Grumman Mini-ANDROS II - Compact,
Capable, Two-Man-Portable Platform 3-15
3.1.5 Northrop Grumman Remotec UK Wheelbarrow Robots 3-19
3.2 QinetiQ 3-19
3.2.1 QinetiQ’s North America Subsidiary
Foster-Miller QinetiQ's MAARS Robot 3-19
3.2.2 QinetiQ’s Foster-Miller TALON Military Robot 3-22
3.2.3 QinetiQ’s Foster-Miller SWORDS Military Robot 3-22
3.3 Boston Dynamics 3-23
3.3.1 iRobot PackBot Government Products 3-28
3.3.2 iRobot PackBot Scout 3-28
3.3.3 iRobot PackBot Explorer 3-28
3.3.4 iRobot PackBot EOD 3-29
3.3.5 iRobot R-Gator: Autonomous Unmanned Ground Vehicle 3-29
3.3.6 iRobot Role In The FCS program 3-30
3.3.7 iRobot Sentinel 3-31
3.4 Allen Vanguard 3-31
3.4.1 Allen Vanguard BombTec™ Defender ROV 3-31
3.4.2 Allen Vanguard Command Console 3-35
3.4.3 Allen Vanguard CBRN Hazard Area Prediction 3-36
3.4.4 Allen Vanguard Allen Vanguard Digital Vanguard™ ROV 3-37
3.4.5 Allen Vanguard ROV-Track CBRNE 3-41
3.4.6 Allen Vanguard UCS Trailer 3-42
MILITARY GROUND ROBOT STRATEGY, TECHNOLOGY, AND INDUSTRY SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS
4. GROUND ROBOT MILITARY TECHNOLOGY 4-1
4.1 Military Robot Key Technology 4-1
4.1.1 Visual Simultaneous Localization & Mapping 4-5
4.2 NASA Exploratory Robots 4-5
4.2.1 NASA Spirit Robot 4-6
4.2.2 NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit 4-8
4.2.3 Sample NASA Sprit Sol-By-Sol Summary: 4-10
4.2.4 Opportunity Update 4-11
4.2.5 NASA Opportunity Sol-By-Sol Summary 4-12
4.2.6 NASA Opportunity Robot 4-14
4.3 Remote Controlled Robot Missions 4-15
4.3.1 Auto-Navigation System Takes Pictures Of The
Nearby Terrain 4-19
4.4 Autonomous Modular Robotics Used in Space 4-21
4.5 Goodrich Sensors Unlimited Infrared Imaging
Sensors On A Chip 4-22
4.6 Evolution Robotics Technology Solutions 4-23
4.6.1 Evolution Robotics Example Applications 4-26
4.7 Open Robotic Control Software 4-27
4.7.1 PC-Bots 4-27
4.8 Advanced Robot Technology: Navigation, Mobility,
And Manipulation 4-28
4.8.1 Robot Intelligence Systems 4-28
4.8.2 Real-World, Dynamic Sensing 4-29
4.9 User-Friendly Interfaces 4-29
4.9.1 Tightly-Integrated, Electromechanical Robot Design 4-30
4.10 Field Based Robotics Iterative Development 4-30
4.10.1 Next-Generation Products Leverage Model 4-31
4.10.2 Modular Robot Structure And Control 4-32
4.10.3 Lattice Architectures 4-32
4.10.4 Chain Tree Architectures 4-32
4.10.5 Deterministic Reconfiguration 4-33
4.10.6 Stochastic Reconfiguration 4-33
4.10.7 Modular Robotic Systems 4-33
4.11 Telepario 4-34
4.12 Self-Reproducing Machines 4-35
4.12.1 M-TRAN Modular Transformer 4-35
4.13 Attitude Control In Space By Control Moment Gyros 4-36
4.14 Robotics Government Regulations 4-38
4.15 Segway Mobile Robotic Technology 4-40
4.15.1 Segway Brains And The Brawn 4-41
4.16 Hitachi Configuration Of Robots Using The SuperH Family 4-43
4.16.1 Hitachi Concept of MMU And Logic Space 4-44
MILITARY GROUND ROBOT COMPANY PROFILES
5. MILITARY ROBOT COMPANY PROFILES 5-1
5.1 Selected Military \ Aerospace Vendors With Robotics Programs 5-1
5.2 Allen-Vanguard 5-3
5.2.1 Allen-Vanguard Positioning 5-5
5.2.2 Vanguard™ Mk II Robot 5-5
5.2.3 Allen-Vanguard Giuliani Partners, General Dynamics,
Lockheed Martin Strategic Relationships 5-6
5.2.4 Allen-Vanguard Fourth Quarter Revenue 2007 5-7
5.2.5 Allen-Vanguard's Electronic Systems 5-8
5.2.6 Allen-Vanguard Technology Factors In Markets 5-9
5.2.7 Allen-Vanguard Personal Protection Systems ('PPS') 5-10
5.2.8 Allen-Vanguard Counter-IED Services 5-11
5.2.9 Allen-Vanguard Med-Eng integration 5-11
5.2.10 Allen-Vanguard Partnerships, Alliances, Teaming Agreements 5-12
5.2.11 Allen-Vanguard Revenue For Q4 and Fiscal 2007 5-12
5.3 Anybots 5-13
5.4 Boeing 5-13
5.4.1 Boeing and iRobot 5-15
5.5 Boston Dynamics 5-15
5.6 ComCam 5-16
5.7 Draganfly Innovations 5-16
5.8 EH Publishing Robotics Trends 5-17
5.8.1 EH Publishing 5-17
5.9 Evolution Robotics 5-18
5.9.1 Evolution Robotics Technologies 5-19
5.9.2 Evolution Robotics NorthStar Product 5-22
5.9.3 Evolution Robotics Technology Solutions 5-22
5.10 Electromechanica 5-26
5.11 Fischertechnik 5-27
5.12 Fujitsu 5-28
5.13 Hitachi 5-28
5.14 Honda 5-29
5.15 QinetiQ North America FosterMiller Automatika
Applied Perception 5-30
5.15.1 Foster-Miller 5-31
5.15.2 Automatika and Applied Perception 5-31
5.16 Gostai SAS 5-33
5.17 Idealab Evolution Robotics 5-33
5.18 Innova Holdings CoroWare 5-34
5.18.1 Innova Robotics & Automation CoroWare 5-35
5.18.2 Innova Robotics and Automation 5-36
5.18.3 Innova Robotics and Automation Companies 5-36
5.18.4 Innova Robotics and Automation Alliances 5-36
5.19 Innovation First Robotics 5-37
5.19.1 Innovation First (RackSolutions) Technical Overview &
Capabilities 5-38
5.19.2 Innovation First VexRobotics 5-39
5.19.3 VexRobotics 5-39
5.19.4 Innovation First 5-40
5.19.5 Innovation First IFIrobotics 5-41
5.19.6 Revell-Monogram LLC 5-41
5.19.7 VexRobotics 5-42
5.20 IntelliVision 5-42
5.21 iRobot 5-42
5.21.1 iRobot Strategy 5-44
5.21.2 iRobot Role In The FCS program 5-47
5.21.3 iRobot Strategic Alliances 5-48
5.21.4 iRobot and Deere & Company 5-49
5.21.5 iRobot and Clorox Company 5-50
5.21.6 iRobot Sales and Distribution Channels 5-50
5.21.7 iRobot Revenue 5-51
5.21.8 iRobot 5-53
5.21.9 iRobot Third Quarter 2007 Revenue 5-53
5.21.10 iRobot Revenue 5-54
5.21.11 iRobot Revenue For The Second Fiscal
Quarter Ended June 30, 2007 5-56
5.21.12 iRobot Distribution 5-58
5.21.13 iRobot $8.8 Million U.S. Military Order for PackBot Robots 5-59
5.21.14 iRobot Gutter Cleaner 5-59
5.21.15 iRobot Communication Robot 5-60
5.21.16 iRobot ConnectR Pilot Program 5-61
5.21.17 iRobot NAVSEA $19 Million for Bomb-Disposal Robots 5-61
5.21.18 iRobot Roomba Vacuum Cleaning Robots 5-62
5.21.19 iRobot Customer Service and Support 5-68
5.21.20 iRobot Marketing and Brand 5-68
5.22 LG Electronics 5-74
5.23 Lockheed Martin 5-75
5.24 Microsoft 5-76
5.24.1 Microsoft Robotics Studio Provides for Robotics Innovation 5-77
5.24.2 Key Features Of Microsoft Robotics Studio Environment 5-78
5.24.3 Microsoft Industry Partners 5-79
5.24.4 Microsoft Sponsors Carnegie Mellon Center for
Innovative Robotics 5-81
5.24.5 Microsoft Robotics Studio Via Platform 5-81
5.24.6 Microsoft Robotics Group 5-81
5.25 NeuroSky 5-82
5.26 Northrop Grumman 5-82
5.26.1 Northrop Grumman Information & Services 5-83
5.26.2 Northrop Grumman Electronics 5-84
5.26.3 Northrop Grumman Aerospace TRW 5-84
5.26.4 Northrop Grumman Ships 5-84
5.26.5 Northrop Grumman Acquisitions 5-85
5.27 Object Management Group OMG 5-90
5.27.1 Object Management Group Computer Industry Consortium 5-91
5.27.2 Object Management Group Technology Transfer Program 5-92
5.28 OLogic 5-92
5.29 Optimal Group WowWee 5-93
5.29.1 Optimal Group 5-93
5.29.2 Optimal Group Variety Of Businesses 5-94
5.30 Parallax 5-94
5.31 QinetiQ 5-95
5.32 Raytheon 5-99
5.32.1 Raytheon NASA MicroLight Networked
Communications Navigation System 5-100
5.33 Robotics Trends, Inc. 5-100
5.33.1 RoboDevelopment Conference Overview 5-101
5.34 Rogue Robotics 5-101
5.35 Samsung 5-102
5.36 Sensory 5-102
5.37 SJAutomation 5-102
5.38 SRI International 5-102
5.39 SuperDroid Robots Inc. 5-103
5.40 Systronix 5-103
5.41 Toyota 5-103
5.42 Trossen Robotics 5-104
5.43 Ugobe 5-104
5.44 VIA Technologies 5-105
5.44.1 Via Market Challenge 5-107
5.44.2 Via Enabling New Markets 5-107
5.44.3 Via Robotics 5-108
5.44.4 Via PC-Bots 5-108
List of Tables and Figures
MILITARY GROUND ROBOT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Table ES-1 ES-3
Military Robotics Market Driving Forces
Figure ES-2 ES-4
Worldwide Military Ground Robot Market Shares, 2007
Figure ES-3 ES-5
Worldwide Mid Range Military Robots To Remotely Detect
and Defuse Bombs Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2008-2014
Figure 1-1 1-3
U.S. Military Robots Use During Surge
Figure 1-2 1-5
Indian Robotic Army
Figure 1-3 1-6
Robot Carrying Rifle
Table 1-4 1-12
Military Robot Types
MILITARY GROUND ROBOT MARKET SHARES AND MARKET FORECASTS
Table 2-1 2-3
Military Robotics Market Driving Forces
Table 2-2 2-4
Military Robotics Enabling Technologies
Table 2-3 2-4
Military Robots Development Challenges
Figure 2-4 2-7
Worldwide Military Ground Robot Market Shares, 2007
Figure 2-5 2-8
Worldwide Military Ground Robot Market Shares, 2007
Figure 2-6 2-19
Worldwide Mid Range Military Robot Market Forecasts,
Units Shipped, 2008-2014
Figure 2-7 2-20
Worldwide Mid Range Military Robots To Remotely
Detect and Defuse Bombs Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2008-2014
Figure 2-8 2-21
Worldwide Military Ground Robot Market Forecasts,
Units Shipped, 2008-2014
Figure 2-9 2-22
Worldwide High End Military Robots To Remotely Detect
and Defuse Bombs Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2008-2014
Figure 2-10 2-23
Worldwide Military Ground Robot Market Forecasts,
Units Shipped, 2008-2014
Figure 2-11 2-25
U.S. Military Robot for 'Surge'
Figure 2-12 2-27
Military Ground Robot Regional Market Segments, 2007
Table 2-13 2-28
Military Robot Regional Market Segments, 2007
MILITARY GROUND ROBOT PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Figure 3-1 3-1
Northrop Grumman Remotec
Table 3-2 3-2
Northrop Grumman ANDROS Robot Features
Table 3-3 3-3
Northrop Grumman Andros Robot Functions
Table 3-4 3-4
Northrop Grumman Remotec Features
Table 3-5 3-6
Northrop Grumman Remotec Vehicle Data
Communication Link Features
Figure 3-6 3-7
Northrop Grumman Remotec F6A Vehicle
Table 3-7 3-8
Northrop Grumman Remotec F6A Vehicle Features
Table 3-8 3-9
Northrop Grumman Vehicle Data Communication Links
Figure 3-9 3-10
Northrop Grumman 6A Remotec Vehicles
Figure 3-10 3-11
Northrop Grumman Mark V-A1 - Highly Versatile, Robust,
All-Terrain Platform
Table 3-11 3-12
Northrop Grumman Mark V-A1The Remotec ANDROS Features
Table 3-12 3-13
Northrop Grumman Vehicle Data Communication Links
Figure 3-13 3-14
Northrop Grumman Mini-Andros II Defense Robot
Table 3-14 3-15
Northrop Grumman Mini-ANDROS II Features
Table 3-15 3-16
Northrop Grumman Robot Vehicle Data Communication Links
Figure 3-16 3-17
Northrop Grumman Heavy-Duty, All-Terrain Robot
Wolverine Defense Robot
Table 3-17 3-18
Northrop Grumman WolverineThe Remotec ANDROS Features
Figure 3-18 3-21
Foster Miller Transformer-Like Modular Design
Robotic Platform MAARS Chassis Uni-Body Frame
Figure 3-19 3-23
QinetiQ’s Foster-Miller SWORDS Military Robot
Table 3-20 3-24
iRobot
Table 3-21 3-25
iRobot Military Robot Functions
Table 3-22 3-26
iRobot Military Robot Models
Figure 3-23 3-32
Allen Vanguard BombTec™ Defender
Table 3-24 3-33
Allen Vanguard Key Features of BombTec Defender
Table 3-25 3-34
Allen Vanguard Key Features of BombTec Technical Data
Table 3-26 3-36
Allen Vanguard Key Features Of The Command Console
Figure 3-27 3-38
Allen Vanguard Digital Vanguard™ ROV
Table 3-28 3-39
Allen Vanguard ROV Key Features
Table 3-29 3-41
Allen Vanguard Key Features Of The Command Console
MILITARY GROUND ROBOT STRATEGY, TECHNOLOGY, AND INDUSTRY SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS
Table 4-1 4-1
Military Robot Key Technology
Table 4-2 4-2
Robot Communications Key Technology
Table 4-3 4-3
Military Robot Key Navigation Technologies
Table 4-4 4-4
Human-Robot Interaction
Table 4-5 4-5
Visual Simultaneous Localization & Mapping Functions
Relevant to Robotics
Figure 4-6 4-7
Sprit Robot On Mars.
Figure 4-7 4-9
Spirit's Winter Panorama
Figure 4-8 4-14
Opportunity Maneuvers Around Steeper Slopes
in 'Victoria Crater'
Table 4-9 4-15
Remote Controlled Robot Missions Technologies of
Broad Benefit
Figure 4-10 4-24
Evolution Robotics Technology Solutions
Figure 4-11 4-25
Evolution Robotics Object Recognition
Table 4-12 4-26
Evolution Robotics Applications
Figure 4-13 4-45
Hitachi Modular Robot Configuration
Table 4-14 4-46
Military Robot Key Product Technology Factors
MILITARY GROUND ROBOT COMPANY PROFILES
Table 5-1 5-20
Evolution Robotics Technologies
Figure 5-2 5-23
Evolution Robotics Technology Solutions
Figure 5-3 5-24
Evolution Robotics Strategic Alliance with Sony
Figure 5-4 5-25
Evolution Robotics Product Diversity
Figure 5-5 5-26
Evolution Robotics Investment Strategy
Table 5-6 5-63
iRobot Roomba 500 series Vacuum Cleaning Features:
Figure 5-7 5-70
iRobot Growth Positioning
Figure 5-8 5-71
iRobot Roomba Positioning
Figure 5-9 5-72
iRobot Roomba Strategy
Figure 5-10 5-95
Parallax Mission
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