In the mid-90s, Foster-Miller Inc., or FMI, (Waltham, Massachusetts), now a wholly owned subsidiary of QinetiQ North America Inc. (McLean, Virginia), began developing an underwater crawling robot designed to operate within the harsh land-water interface of the surf zone. The program, funded through a Small Business Initiative Research grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, changed direction over time and eventually led to the development of the TALON explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) family of robots used by militaries, law enforcement officers and first responders worldwide.
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机译：在90年代中期，现在是QinetiQ North America Inc.（弗吉尼亚州McLean）的全资子公司的Foster-Miller Inc.（简称FMI）（马萨诸塞州沃尔瑟姆）开始开发一种水下爬行机器人，旨在在恶劣环境下运行冲浪区的陆水界面。该计划由国防高级研究计划局的小型企业计划研究资助，随着时间的推移改变了方向，并最终导致了军队，执法人员和第一批人使用的TALON爆炸物处置（EOD）机器人家族的发展。全球的响应者。
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