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Originally Posted by Mikell Taylor

In Boston:
Heartland Robotics
iRobot (their Home Robots side)
Kiva Systems
Harvest Automation (though they are very early stage and not really hiring)

In Pittsburgh:
I don't know all the names, but many companies have spun out of CMU that do "field robotics". There's also a medical robotics company called Aethon that's kind of cool.

In California:
Vision Robotics
ROCONA
Intuitive Surgical
InTouch Health
Wowwee Toys

My other suggestion is to look at The Robot Report and check out their list of companies at the bottom. Non-military robots are out there, I promise!

In Pittsburgh:
Redzone Robotics - http://www.redzone.com/
RobotC - http://www.robotc.net
NREC - http://www.rec.ri.cmu.edu/
CYE - http://www.personalrobots.com

In Houston:
TRAClabs - http://www.traclabs.com/ (works with NASA-JSC)
Schilling Robotics - http://www.schilling.com/
Oceaneering - http://www.oceaneering.com
SonSub - http://www.sonsub.com/
Jacobs - Does contract work with NASA-JSC robotics
Big Oil Service Companies ( Schlumberger, Halliburton, Baker-Hughes, Weatherford)