What to look for in a rugged handheld device [Infographic]
This handy-dandy animated infographic gives tips for evaluating rugged handhelds. View it here.
Entries by William Finn
Happy Thanksgiving!
AMREL reminds you to be thankful that our holiday meals have not been replaced by Unmanned Turkey Systems
UGV cost & why they should have leather seats
Biggest problems facing robot developers Recently, I interviewed Rob Culver, Director of AMREL’s Business Development and Sales of Unmanned/Manned Vehicle Systems. Rob has done stints as a procurement officer, and in Special Projects Management Office at USASOC. After serving 23 years in the Army, Rob joined iRobot in 2005. He traces his lifelong interest in […]
America’s Youngest Soldiers
You may think of drummer boys as cute mascots or the subject of holiday songs, but they were actually important military assets and suffered high casualty rates. This Veteran’s Day, we remember a time when America’s children answered the call to war. Childhood ain’t what it used to be The concept of childhood has […]
Cartoon illustrates real-world issues for unmanned systems
Cartoon illustrates real-world issues for unmanned systems.
How to profit from a government shutdown
When the shutdown ends, you’ll be ready to come roaring off the starting line, while your competitors are still tying their shoelaces.
New! ROCKY DF6 Rugged Handheld – Small SWaP, Big Options
AMREL announces the launch of ROCKY DF6, a fully rugged handheld that’s small on Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) requirements, but big on options. This is AMREL’s fourth generation of embedded products. “It’s amazing how many options we packed into such a small piece of real estate,” declared Richard Lane, AMREL’s Vice President for Strategic […]
Everything You Know about Public Safety Interoperability is Wrong
…at a recent National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC) Seminar, I was impressed with not just how little I knew, but also how much that I thought I knew was simply not true.
Think Outside the Bot: Simple Solutions Through Innovation
A familiar cliché in autonomy research is that we want unmanned systems to be like a dog, i.e. independently capable of some tasks, but fundamentally subject to the control of a human operator. Researchers at Auburn University evidently felt “like a dog” wasn’t adequate and went for the real thing.
World’s Lightest, Thinnest Rugged Laptop – NEW!
AMREL announces the launch of thinnest, lightest rugged laptop on the market. Leveraging 25+ years of experience of supplying rugged computers to warfighters as well as Public Safety officers, AMREL has developed a fully rugged laptop that is just an inch thick and is so light that it can be held in one hand.
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