John Deere, iRobot team up to make robot
By MARK JEWELL
AP BUSINESS WRITER
BOSTON -- In a trailblazing pairing of robotics and tractor companies, iRobot and John Deere announced plans Monday to build a 9-foot-long semi-autonomous battlefield vehicle.
Burlington-based iRobot Corp. will adapt the artificial intelligence technology used in its Roomba vacuums and portable PackBot military robots for a two-seat John Deere utility vehicle similar to ones the Pentagon already uses.
The Military Robotic Gator, or R-Gator, will be the first of its kind to use off-the-shelf technology, making it easier and less expensive to produce than existing, custom-made vehicles, the companies said.
My dad was the John Deere dealer in my small home town. Kind of different thinking about Deere making an autonomous perimeter patrol vehicle.
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