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TORC Recognized as Virginia Incubator Client of the Year
TORC Technologies Wins the 2008 Donna Noble Client of the Year Award from the Virginia Business Incubator Association
Blacksburg, VA – November 25, 2008 – TORC Technologies (www.torctech.com) was awarded the Donna Noble Outstanding Incubator Client award for 2008 by the Virginia Business Incubation Association (VBIA) on November 17, 2008. TORC was selected from a very competitive group of Virginia’s top companies involved with the 28 business incubator programs in the state.
The Donna Noble Incubator Client Award was established in 2001 by the VBIA Board of Directors, in honor of one of the founding Board Members, Donna Noble, who passed away in 2001. Donna was dedicated to promoting entrepreneurship and supporting the incubator industry as the marketing manager for Incubator America! in Arlington, VA. The 2008 award was sponsored by Arlington Economic Development.
“TORC is proud to have been selected for the Donna Noble VBIA award. We have rapidly grown over the last two years and we are honored to receive this award,” states Michael Fleming, CEO of TORC. “I am very appreciative for all of the assistance that Jim Flowers and Joe Meredith have provided through the VT KnowledgeWorks incubator program. Its services, consulting, and networking have definitely helped TORC become the company that it is today.”
In addition to receiving the award, the VBIA will contribute $500 to the American Cancer Society on behalf of TORC.
About TORC Technologies, LLC
TORC is automating dull, dirty, and dangerous tasks by commercializing intelligent robotic technologies into interoperable off-the-shelf products, providing the essential building blocks for rapidly enabling autonomy on virtually any platform. TORC’s product line offers an integrated set of functionalities necessary for implementing varying levels of unmanned and autonomous operation that can increase your speed to market while reducing risks and development costs.
Media Contact:
David Cutter, Marketing Manager
TORC Technologies
540-443-9262 x 4256
http://www.torctech.com
TORC Applying Autonomous Vehicle Technologies to the Mining and Construction Industries
TORC is working with Caterpillar Inc. to research the application of advanced autonomous vehicle technologies for future applications in mining and construction.
Blacksburg, VA – June 12, 2008 – TORC Technologies (www.torctech.com) is researching the application of advanced autonomous vehicle technologies with Caterpillar Inc. for future applications in mining and construction. Autonomous technologies have great potential to increase productivity and efficiency in both the mining and construction industries.
As a member of Team VictorTango, TORC was the lead software developer for “Odin,” the fully autonomous Ford Escape Hybrid that finished third in the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge, navigating approximately 60 miles of urban traffic situations in just under four and half hours. TORC is commercializing similar autonomous packages for use in different industry applications. At this time, TORC is performing research activities with Caterpillar Inc. on applying the autonomous vehicle technologies proven successful in the DARPA Urban Challenge.
Building on the success and support Caterpillar provided to team VictorTango’s entry in the DARPA Urban Challenge, TORC and Caterpillar research team are collaborating to transfer autonomous vehicle technologies to Caterpillar’s future applications in mining and construction.
About TORC Technologies
TORC Technologies is automating dull, dirty, and dangerous tasks by commercializing intelligent robotic technologies into interoperable off-the-shelf products, providing the essential building blocks for rapidly enabling autonomy on virtually any platform. The TORC product line offers an integrated set of functionalities necessary for implementing varying levels of autonomous operation. From teleoperation to autonomy, the modular solutions from TORC can increase your speed to market while reducing risks and development costs.
Media Contact:
David Cutter, Marketing Manager
cutter@torctech.com
TORC Technologies, LLC
540-443-9262 x 4256
TORC Technologies Wins the NewVa Corridor Technology Council 2008 Rising Star Award
Blacksburg, VA – May 16, 2008 – Listed among a competitive group of rapidly growing technology companies in Roanoke and the New River Valley, TORC Technologies won the prestigious Rising Star award. This is awarded annually to “a local technology company which…may not be a household name yet, but it could soon be another local success story in the NewVA region.”
Key criteria that pushed TORC above the other nominees were its rapid year-over-year growth since its founding in 2005, its cutting edge products and services, and the future economic impact TORC will have on the region.
TORC would like to thank Bob Summers of nanoCom Corporation for the nomination, as well as its extremely dedicated and hard working employees for allowing TORC to have accomplished so much in the emerging field of unmanned and autonomous robotic systems.
For more information, visit:
http://www.thetechnologycouncil.com/technite/2008/TechNite2008Nominees.htm
http://www.roanoke.com/news/nrv/wb/162549