Robot boats of US Navy

Robot boats of US Navy

In a sign that all warfare is becoming more and more taken over by robots and autonomous vehicles, the US Navy just demonstrated that it can accompany its ships with autonomous vehicles. These robot boats, would protect the main ship, which is of high value and containing soldiers. It would also swarm an enemy boat, […]

After autonomous cars, now driverless convoys

After autonomous cars, now driverless convoys

A totally autonomous convoy of military vehicles has been successfully tested in Fort Hood, Texas, by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) and Lockheed Martin (also see Lockheed Martin press release) . The test included multiple vehicles of different models and was run in an environment, which included hazards and obstacles, […]

New Autonomous Indoor Vehicle: Adept Lynx

New Autonomous Indoor Vehicle: Adept Lynx

Adept Technology Inc. which is known with its autonomous mobile robots, launches Adept Lynx. It was demonstrated at the Automate 2013 and ProMat show in Chicago, Illinois. Adept Tech. Inc. realized that the cost of moving and delivering goods can be more than two-thirds of total production costs; and what is more, the time spent […]