Foster-Miller Acquires Two Pittsburgh Robotics Companies
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WALTHAM, Mass., April 23 -- Foster-Miller, Inc., a QinetiQ North America company, today announced it has purchased Pittsburgh-based robotics companies Automatika, Inc., and Applied Perception, Inc. The transaction will close upon receipt of appropriate government regulatory approvals.
"Both Automatika and Applied Perception have tremendous technologies that will benefit from collaboration with an industry leader like Foster-Miller," said Dr. William Ribich, president and CEO. "We are optimistic that joining forces will allow us to lead the way in the development of the next generation of robotics for the military, industrial, and energy markets."
Based in Greater Boston, Foster-Miller is the largest provider of man- transportable robots to the Department of Defense and recently delivered its 1000th TALON® robot to the U.S. military in support of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Automatika provides invention, design, system prototyping, and product manufacturing for a wide variety of automated and robotic systems used in military and civil defense, oil and gas exploration, remediation and utilities inspection.
Applied Perception creates standardized perception, planning, and control software and development tools to support the navigation of unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs). Applied Perception's software is JAUS (Joint Architecture for Unmanned Systems) compliant and interfaces with radar and laser object detection systems, omni-directional cameras, and global positioning systems (GPS).
About Foster-Miller, Inc.
Foster-Miller, Inc. is an engineering, manufacturing and technology development firm principally located in suburban Boston, MA on Rte. 95, "America's Technology Highway." It is certified to Aerospace Quality Management Standard AS9100 and has SW-CMM Level 3 software certification from the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. Foster- Miller was founded in 1956 by three graduates of MIT who believed there was a need for a company that could solve clients' difficult technical problems through first-class analysis and design. In November 2004, it became an independent, wholly owned subsidiary of QinetiQ North America (QNA). Visit foster-miller.com/ for further information.
About QinetiQ North America
QinetiQ North America provides world-class technology and responsive solutions to U.S. government customers. More than 5,000 engineers and technologists work in partnership with customers to develop innovative technology solutions to meet the challenges of national defense, homeland security and information access. QinetiQ North America is part of QinetiQ Group plc, one of the world's leading defense and security technology companies. For more information, please visit www.qinetiq-na.com/.
Source: Foster-Miller, Inc.
CONTACT: Cynthia Black of Foster-Miller, Inc., +1-781-684-4093
Web site: foster-miller.com/
