Press Releases

Cranberry Township, PA – September 26, 2006– Applied Perception, Inc. (API), a Pittsburgh-based company that develops and licenses robotics-related technologies to market-leading companies in the fields of defense, transportation, and agriculture, today announced it was named a recipient of the 2006 Tibbetts Award, which recognizes significant achievements involving technological innovation related to the federal Small Business Innovation Research Program. Read More >

Pittsburgh, PA – September 14, 2006– Applied Perception, Inc. (API), a Pittsburgh-based company that develops and licenses robotics-related technologies to market-leading companies in the fields of defense, transportation, and agriculture, today announced that it has been awarded a $928K contract from the National Center for Defense Robotics (NCDR) to support the development and evaluation of semi-autonomous technologies for IED and EOD missions. Read More >

Pittsburgh, PA – August 31, 2006—ChemImage Corporation, makers of high-speed, wide-field imaging solutions and Applied Perception, a leader in the field of unmanned vehicle software and system integration, have been awarded a follow-on $730,000 Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the US Army Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Center (TATRC) for the development of a chemical, biological and explosive (CBE) agent detection system for use on unmanned ground vehicles (UGV).  As a supplement to this award, the National Center for Defense Robotics (NCDR) is contributing an additional $195,000 Fast Track funding to this program for the design of a robot arm system that will allow the CBE detector to be used on the newest and most agile UGV platforms.. Read More >

Cranberry Township, PA – August 31, 2006– Applied Perception, Inc. (API), a Pittsburgh-based company that develops and licenses robotics-related technologies to market-leading companies in the fields of defense, transportation, and agriculture, today announced it was named the recipient of the 2006 Army SBIR Quality Award, which recognizes outstanding technical contributions during Phase II SBIR programs. Read More >

Cranberry Township, PA – August 10th, 2006– Applied Perception, Inc. (API), a Pittsburgh-based company that develops and licenses robotics-related technologies to market-leading companies in the fields of defense, transportation, and agriculture, today announced that it has been awarded a $1.25 million Phase II contract modification from the Information Processing Technology Office of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the central research and development organization for the Department of Defense. Read More >

Pittsburgh, PA – May 5th, 2006– Applied Perception, Inc. (API), a Pittsburgh-based company that develops and licenses robotics-related technologies to market-leading companies in the fields of defense, transportation, and agriculture, today announced three U.S. military projects for which the company is serving as prime contractor. Read More >

Pittsburgh, PA – March 16, 2006– Applied Perception, Inc. (API), a Pittsburgh-based company that develops and licenses robotics-related technologies to market-leading companies in the fields of defense, transportation, and agriculture, today announced three robotic system engineering and integration projects it has secured. API is acting as a prime contractor for the U.S. Army RDECOM-TARDEC Robotics Skunk Works project and as a subcontractor for Loretto, PA based St. Francis University’s Robotic Emergency Medicine and Danger-Detection project and Johnstown, PA based Mountain Top Technologies’ Aviation Ground Navigation System project. Read More >

Pittsburgh, PA – February 14, 2006– Applied Perception, Inc. (API), a Pittsburgh-based company that develops and licenses robotics-related technologies to market-leading companies in the fields of defense, transportation, and agriculture, announced today that it has completed delivery of  high precision waypoint following, obstacle detection and payload interfacing software, computing hardware and sensors for unmanned ground vehicles under the U.S. Army's Family of Integrated Rapid Response Equipment (FIRRE) program. Read More >

Pittsburgh, PA – February 16th, 2005– Applied Perception, Inc. (API), a Pittsburgh-based company that develops and licenses robotics-related technologies to market-leading companies in the fields of defense, transportation, and agriculture, announced today that it has been awarded a contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop robotic capabilities for the Segway mobile base. Read M ore >

Pittsburgh, PA – August 23, 2004– Applied Perception, Inc. (API), a Pittsburgh-based company that develops and licenses robotics-related technologies to market-leading companies in the fields of defense, transportation, agriculture, construction, and entertainment, announced today the availability of a wide range of standardized software components that provide mobility and related capabilities for unmanned ground vehicle platforms. Read More >

Pittsburgh, PA – May 26, 2004– Applied Perception, Inc. (API), a Pittsburgh-based company that develops and licenses robotics-related technologies to market-leading companies in the fields of defense, transportation, and agriculture, today announced that it has been awarded a follow-on, $1 million Phase II Plus Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from the Department of Defense.  The Phase II Plus program will be executed concurrently with API’s previously announced, baseline Phase II SBIR program to adapt and integrate the company’s proprietary outdoor mobile robot technology to comply with the Department of Defense Joint Architecture for Unmanned Systems (JAUS) for use on patient evacuation, sentry/reconnaissance and other related military tasks. Read More >

Pittsburgh, PA – August 15, 2003 – Applied Perception, Inc. (API), a Pittsburgh-based company that develops and licenses robotics-related technologies to market-leading companies in the fields of defense, transportation, agriculture, construction, and entertainment, today announced that it has been selected by the U.S. Army Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) to participate in Phase II of its Small Business Innovation Research Program. Read More >