Battelle and Aerobotix have demonstrated on a mock-up of a military aircraft’s air inlet duct a software platform designed to predict collisions of robotic systems with sensitive industrial components and parts. Battelle said Tuesday its PathPlan software worked to protect the robotic platform and aircraft from potential collisions through prediction of the robot’s movement based on […] More

Battelle has contracted Astrotech subsidiary 1st Detect Corp. to develop portable mass spectrometers for the U.S. military next-generation chemical detector program. The collaboration will rely on Batelle’s experience in biological and chemical defense tools and 1st Detect’s miniaturization technology to come up with a prototype multisample identifier, Astrotech said Thursday. Thomas B. Pickens III, chairman and […] More