Endeavor Robotics has secured a $10 million contract to provide small unmanned ground vehicles to the U.S Marine Corps. FirstLook robots are designed to clear buildings, detect explosives and explore through confined spaces, Endeavor Robotics said Monday. The five-pound UGV uses camera and two-way audio systems to function as “eyes and ears” and keep operators safe from potential threats. Each unit […] More

Endeavor Robotics has appointed former government officials Katrina McFarland and Eric Rosenbach to its newly created board of advisers. Rosenbach and McFarland will work to provide strategic guidance on the development of unmanned ground-based robotic systems in support of technology requirements of service personnel and first responders, Endeavor Robotics said Thursday. Endeavor Robotics CEO Sean […] More

Endeavor Robotics has moved to a 35,000-square-foot facility in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, in an effort to accommodate robot design, development and manufacturing operations. Sean Bielat, CEO of Endeavor Robotics, said in a statement released Tuesday the new headquarters allowed the firm to keep 100 percent of its staff who build robots designed for use in tactical applications. The […] More

Endeavor Robotics has reached an agreement to lease 35,000 feet of industrial space in Chelmsford, Mass. from real estate investment firm Calare Properties five months after the autonomous technology maker’s rebrand. Calare said Monday the space at 19 Alpha Road is being retrofitted to serve as a robot design, development and integration facility. Endeavor Robotics CEO Sean Bielat said the facility […] More

Leidos and Endeavor Robotics have forged a partnership to bid for increments two and three of the U.S. Navy“™s Advanced Explosive Ordnance Disposal Robotic System program. Tom Frost, president of Endeavor Robotics, said in a statement released Monday the company will combine its experience in ground robotics systems integration with Leidos“™ resources and defense systems integration experience […] More

Endeavor Robotics has partnered with Persistent Systems to install the latter’s radio communications system on the former’s product line of ground robots. Endeavor Robotics said July 12 the MPU5 radio will work to help increase the range of unmanned ground operations and support single-controller operations for multiple robot assets over the Wave Relay mobile ad hoc network technology. “Networked connectivity between the warfighter and all […] More

Endeavor Robotics has secured a potential five-year, $32.4M contract to support a U.S. Army center that maintains robots used primarily for explosive ordnance disposal and route clearance operations. The company will provide reset, maintenance and recap parts to the Robot Logistics Support Center as well as help sustain the military branch’s fleet of robots, the […] More

Endeavor Robotics is vying for a pair of U.S. Army programs to build robotic platforms that are intended to have plug-and-play and interoperable functions, Defense News reported Monday. The Massachusetts-based company will compete with QinetiQ North America under a a potential $429.1M engineering and manufacturing development contract for the Common Robot System-Individual. CRS-I is designed to have a sensor technology […] More

Endeavor Robotics has partnered with Howe and Howe Technologies to build a purpose-built system both companies intend to jointly offer under the second phase of the U.S. Army‘s Robotic Combat Vehicle program. The Army conducts initial experimentation with MII3 armored personnel carriers as part of RCV Program’s first phase and expects the next stage to begin in […] More

CNSI announced on Wednesday it named David Adams, former chief financial officer of Endeavor Robotics, as executive vice president and CFO.

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FLIR Systems has received $32M in orders to provide the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force with robotic systems designed to assist in explosive ordnance disposal. The company said Monday it will provide over 250 Centaur UGVs under the Army's Man Transportable Robotic System Increment II program.

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FLIR Systems has received two contracts worth $23.5M combined from the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Army to supply more than 160 medium robotic systems intended for military explosive ordnance disposal missions. The two branches ordered Centaur unmanned ground vehicles along with accessories and spares.

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