Military Robots

• Introduction Since the beginning of industrial revolution, people always dreamed of newer and better machines doing tasks that could not be done at the time. When we first got introduced to radio, we wondered if one day we would be able to also see those people speaking on the radio too. When we first saw computers as big as a room, we wondered if […] Read More

The 4 legged LS3 robot, which is an upgraded version of big dog robot produced by Boston Dynamics for DARPA, has gotten more abilities like following people on command and it is much less noisy too, in comparison to the previous big dog model which sounded like a lawn mower in full speed. The robot, LS3, is an autonomous robot which is supposed to carry […] Read More

EDINA, Minn. – (May 2, 2012) ReconRobotics, Inc. announced today that the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG) has purchased and taken delivery of 13 Recon Scout® XT micro-robot kits, which it has distributed to pre-designated Type 1 tactical teams throughout the Washington DC area. MWCOG purchased the tactical reconnaissance robots using grant funds from the Urban Areas Security Initiative, which were awarded to MWCOG […] Read More

Military Robotics – Coming on in Leaps and Gallops! Those who believe that one day soon humans will be walking the streets with robots took one step closer to this reality recently when a robot prototype reached a speed of 18 miles per hour. Whilst the streets are safe for the time being from things like robot courier services, this is a big move forward in […] Read More

Engineers in Belgium have made a fully autonomous tractor robot, which can stay on course within centimeter precision while at the same time detecting wet terrain, aticipating slippage and calculating its optimal speed, thus operating much more efficiently than a human driver could. The vehicle is equipped with GPS system and various positional sensors. See video above.     Read More

Researchers at Florida Institute of Human Machine Cognition have made a leg design for a robot Ostrich that would allow the robot to run on two legs with speeds up to 30 km / hour by using only one actuator per leg. The project is funded by DARPA, just as many other robotic projects, which aims to have machines performing with extreme capabilities and ease […] Read More

The famous Big Dog robot from Boston Dynamics which was first made public a couple years ago now evolved into its next generation model, Alpha Dog. The new robot will be able to carry loads up to 400 lbs and travel a distance of 20 miles on single charge. For more on the robot please visit here. Read More

As the use of robots in battlefields grows continuously, the problem of managing an ever growing quantity of information becomes more and more critical. In order to use the resources efficiently, the goal is to enable a single soldier to manage more and more robots and robotic vehicles at the same time. Currently it looks like there are several options to achieve this goal. One […] Read More

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