Thursday, September 19, 2013

Rostec In Talks With ECA Robotics to Develop Bomb-Disposal Robots

<p>State corporation Rostec is in talks with France's ECA Robotics to begin the production of bomb-disposal robots in Russia that can be used by offshore oil drilling companies, a news report said Thursday.</p><p>The project was initially proposed by the Russian Navy but is intended primarily for commercial clients, such as Rosneft and Gazprom, that operate in the northern seas, still rife with mines left over from World War II, Kommersant reported.</p><p>An agreement to produce some of the components for the machines and their remotely controlled mine-detonation systems at Russian factories is expected to be signed this winter.</p><p>"These aren't quite robots. We are talking about manufacturing remotely controlled apparatuses for deactivating explosive objects," an unidentified official told Kommersant.</p><p><a href="http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/rostec-in-talks-with-eca-robotics-to-develop-bomb-disposal-robots/486334.html">Keep reading...</a></p>

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