iRobot Vs. Robotic FX

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iRobot Vs. Robotic FX

• Patent Infringement of Military Robots

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iRobot

• Home Robots
• Roomba
• Scooba
• ConnectR
• Military Robots
• PackBot
• SUGV
• Warrior
• Seaglider

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Robotic FX

• Illinois based company
• The Negotiator A tactical Surveillance Robot

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iRobot Patents

• Patents 6,263,989 and 6,431,296
• Tracked vehicle with treaded arms
• First Patent is the design
• Second Patent is method to climb stairs

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The Case

• Former iRobot employee (1999-2002) Jameel Ahed
  creates Robotic FX
• Robotic FX comes out with the Negotiator
• iRobot claims it is a knock-off of the PackBot
• Robotic FX won an Army Contract worth 280m for
  3,000 Negotiators
• iRobot wants
• Stoppage of Sales
• 3x Monetary Damages
• All Negotiators

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Settlement

• iRobot spent 2.9 million on lawsuits
• Robotic FX liquidated and become part of iRobot
• Army Contract went to iRobot
• Ahed barred from robotics industry for 5 years

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iRobots Negotiator

• Base price of 20,000 each
• Very similar to Robotic FX Negotiator
• Wireless camera
• Remotely Controlled
• VoIP