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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>Automatika was started by two <a href="/facts/Carnegie_Mellon_University/XKd7L2KA">Carnegie Mellon University</a> graduates in 1995.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p><p>In April 2007, the company was acquired by <a href="/facts/QinetiQ/0ggdsVGF">QinetiQ North America</a>, which has remained its current owner.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="products">Products</h2> <p>Automatika builds robots for defense, energy, and hazardous activity support. Automatika makes an urban combat and defense robot called the <a href="/facts/Dragon_Runner/lepVHVAj">Dragon Runner</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Military_robot/afynp2t8">Military robot</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.qinetiq-na.com">QinetiQ North America Website</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.automatika.com">Legacy Automatika Website</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Company Overview of Automatika Inc". investing.businessweek.com. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-26. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131203033704/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=33995862" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20131203033704/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=33995862</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Company Overview of Automatika Inc". investing.businessweek.com. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-26. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131203033704/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=33995862" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20131203033704/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=33995862</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Automatika Inc". inknowvation.com. Retrieved 2013-11-26. <a href="http://www.inknowvation.com/sbir/companies/automatika-inc" target="_blank">http://www.inknowvation.com/sbir/companies/automatika-inc</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Remote-Controlled, Throwable Robots Developed at Carnegie Mellon in Conjunction with U.S. Marine Corps Are Being Sent to Iraq for Testing". cmu.edu. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-11-26. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052638/http://www.cmu.edu/PR/releases04/040623_dragonrunner.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052638/http://www.cmu.edu/PR/releases04/040623_dragonrunner.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>