RE2 has received a Navy contract to develop robotic manipulator arms.

Under the Phase I Small Business Innovation Research grant, awarded by the Office of Naval Research, RE2 will design inflatable underwater manipulator arms for the autonomous underwater vehicles.

"Ultimately, the manipulator arms will be used as a collaborative robotic system to assist explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) divers in dismantling waterborne improvised explosive devices (WIEDs) and other hazards," said an RE2 news release.

Michael Peck is a correspondent for Defense News and a columnist for the Center for European Policy Analysis. He holds an M.A. in political science from Rutgers University. Find him at theuncommondefense.com. His email is mikedefense1@gmail.com.

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