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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, deflect or destroy it. Making vehicles autonomous has been an […] Read More

A soft, wearable device that mimics the muscles, tendons and ligaments of the lower leg could aid in the rehabilitation of patients with ankle-foot disorders such as drop foot, said Yong-Lae Park, an assistant professor of robotics at Carnegie Mellon University. Park, working with collaborators at Harvard University, the University of Southern California, MIT and BioSensics, developed an active orthotic device using soft plastics and […] Read More

We have seen robots replacing or fighting against humans on the battlefield, only in the movies so far. However, the technology has come so far, that it is now openly pronounced by the military. DOD officials have stated that the number of soldiers will shrink from 540,000 to 450,000 by 2020, where the difference will be compensated by robots. For a full story, please see […] Read More

The latest and greatest consumer electronics show, CES 2014, took place in Las Vegas earlier this month. Here, Audi showed off its new autonomous car. For the first time, a self-driving car doesn’t look different from the regular ones, as far as the outward appearance. In comparison to having a lot of sensors and scanners and cameras outside, this car seems to have nothing extra […] Read More

Autonomous cars are headed our way and with full speed. Recent developments and performances seen in the real world are promising . Read an indepth article about autonomous cars in the link below, which covers its history, current developments and where it is headed to: www.autonomouscars.com Read More

The new arm attached to Boston Dynamic’s famous Bigdog robot seems to be doing a good job. The blocks weigh more than 35 pounds (16 kg) and the robot can throw them to a distance of 17 feet (5m). The first version of Big dog robot had appeared few years ago, and throughout its advancing versions we made posts on our site. The purpose of […] Read More

A new autonomous car called RobotCar is designed by the Mobile Robotics Group (MRG) of Department of Engineering Science at Oxford University in the UK. What distinguishes this autonomous car from others is its price in comparison to its technology. Currently, the team has 22 researchers and is in collaboration with Nissan by using their technical support and hardware of the vehicle. RobotCar is a […] Read More

RP-VITA is a robot avatar designed as a telepresence robot which can be controlled by physicians remotely in order to communicate with patients even from miles away distance. The skills of RP-VITA were demonstrated at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January. Now, the robot has the clearance of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in order to use in hospitals and […] Read More

“Fierce Lion 3” won the prize in the contest of smart vehicles, the fourth Future Challenge by driving 114 kilometers  from Beijing to Tianjin in 85 minutes, with a top speed of 105 kilometers per hour. It passed a wide variety of tricky tests such as driving straight, pursuing traffic, changing lanes, managing with slower traffic and following human instructions. What is more crucial is the […] Read More