ReconRobotics, Inc. has announced the introduction of the Recon Scout® Under Vehicle Inspection (UVI) robot – a miniature, mobile device that visually inspects the undercarriages of vehicles for explosives, drugs and other contraband. Equipped with sophisticated optical systems that operate in extremely low-light environments, the Recon Scout UVI can transmit clear, crisp video of a vehicle undercarriage up to 300 feet to a handheld Operator Control Unit (OCU), or up to 1,000 feet to a ReconRobotics Command Monitoring Station. Because the Recon Scout UVI is small and portable, it is ideally suited to short-term security situations that require vehicle inspections, including bomb squad reconnaissance of suspicious vehicles, advance team reconnaissance along motorcade routes, police roadblocks, and temporary checkpoints at the entrances to airports and large-scale sporting events. The ReconScout UVI can also be used in a permanent capacity at border checkpoints and the entrances to secure government facilities.

ReconRobotics, Inc. today announced that it has been awarded the 2008 Innovation Award from Cygnus Law Enforcement Group, publisher of Law Enforcement Technology magazine. The Award recognizes the company’s Recon ScoutTM tactical reconnaissance robot, which is used by police and military personnel to get inside information about dangerous or hostile environments. The Award was presented to Aimee Barmore, the western regional sales executive for ReconRobotics, at the annual conference of the International Association of Chiefs of Police in San Diego on November 9. More than 180 new police technologies were entered in the 2008 competition. ReconRobotics won in the Tactical Category, which includes new products that are primarily used by police tactical and SWAT teams.

ReconRobotics, Inc. today announced that it has introduced the Recon Scout™ IR reconnaissance robot – the world’s first throwable, mobile robot with the capability of seeing in complete darkness. As with the standard Recon Scout model that was introduced in 2007, the Recon Scout IR will save lives by allowing the military and police to gain inside knowledge about dangerous and hostile environments before sending in their personnel. With the Recon Scout IR, SWAT and special warfare teams will now also be able to gain mission-critical information in situations where there is no ambient light.