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“The 21st Century battlefield is a city street where improvised explosive devices (IEDs) play havoc with the lives of soldiers and civilians. Now in Iraq, over 2,000 remote-controlled BomBots hunt down IEDs, each carrying ten pounds of explosives, a camera with full 360-degree viewing, and the speed to move at 35 miles per hour.” -- Wired magazine

About WVHTC Foundation Robotics
Robotics program is a robotic technology transfer and commercialization initiative sponsored by the National Institute of Justice and the U.S. Department of Defense.

The BomBot™ technology was initially designed by a government laboratory as an expendable robotic system to respond to the Improvised Explosive Device challenge in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The WVHTC Foundation team completed the design for manufacturer, design for assembly, and design for end user analysis.

Innovative Response Technologies, Inc. (IRT), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the WVHTC Foundation, manufactures and delivers BomBot™ units directly to the two war zones.

The WVHTC Foundation transformed the BomBot™ from an “expendable” DoD system to a “reliable and affordable” commercial system that meets law enforcement, first responder, and military requirements for rapid situational awareness, remote response, and operator support.

This system is designed specifically for law enforcement and first responders, so it capitalizes on the successful BomBot™ design philosophy while emphasizing reconnaissance and intelligence gathering and rapid deployment of useful payloads and instruments. The BomBot 2 product line, which is now commercially available, provides a reliable, affordable remote reconnaissance and payload delivery tool to mitigate the dangers facing law enforcement, surveillance, first responder, and military personnel every day.

The WVHTC Foundation is continuing to improve the product and increase its utility by developing an all-digital command and control system based on Wireless Ethernet at UHF (WEUF) technology. The WVHTC Foundation licensed the WEUF technology from Battelle Memorial Laboratories to increase the system range to over one mile and to enhance operations beyond the line-of-sight and in the urban environment.

Interchangeable mission modules under development to meet law enforcement and military requirements include less-than-lethal payloads (PepperBall™ Gun and Tear Gas canister deployment), two-way communications, extendable masts for elevated reconnaissance, lightweight mechanical manipulators, under-vehicle inspection, and a variety of chemical, explosive, and radiological detectors.