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According to a report that appeared on Australian SBS TV recently, today 1 in every 50 soldier in US army is a robot. At the same time, this proportion is increasing dramatically. Although being autonomous is a highly controversial subject and great majority of the robots are either non autonomous or semi autonomous, it is also a fact that the level of decision making without human guidance […] Read More
The new surveillance robot that has been made by iROBOT for DARPA was presented the other day. The robot called “110 Firstlook” can observe its surroundings continuously with “persistent stare” and it is able to maneuver around in very tight and difficult conditions. The robot weighs less than 5 lbs and 10 inches, can stay operational even after falling 15 feet on to a concrete […] Read More
The new robot fighter plane that was built by Northrop Grumman for US Navy, has just passed the performance test flights done in California Edwards Air Force base. The jet, which is called X-47B, and has a tailless design, flew for 29 minutes and climbed up to 5000 feet. This new generation of robot plane will be able to evade radar and fly faster than […] Read More
In a new project that has just commenced, US Navy aims to build android firefighter robot. The concept of firefighter robots is actually not new however doing this task with a robot in human form involves more challenges. The ships are designed for only humans to move around, therefore a humanoid robot will perform much more efficiently in such environments. The project will last for […] Read More
2009 International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition which took place between October 20th to 25th in Seoul Korea, showcased new technologies in defense technology. REX was also on display, which was built by Israel Aerospace Industries, a small robotic platform designed to accompany gorund troops on field operations. The robot can carry up to 200 kilograms, and is able to ride along ground troops for 72 […] Read More
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Boston Dynamics, developer of advanced dynamic robots such as BigDog and PETMAN, has been awarded a contract by Sandia National Laboratories to develop the next generation of the Precision Urban Hopper, meaning Sandia‘s hopping robots may soon be in combat. When fully operational, the four-wheeled hopper robots will navigate autonomously by wheel and jump – with one mighty leg – onto or over […] Read More
BEDFORD, Mass., Sept. 8, 2009: iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ: IRBT) today announced that it has received a $6.1 million order from the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI). This is the twelfth order under an existing $200 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. The current total contract value now stands at approximately $30 million. This order calls for the delivery […] Read More
TYZX Stereo Vision Provides Depth Perception to Help Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) Avoid Obstacles and Manipulate Sensitive Objects MENLO PARK, August 10, 2009: TYZX, the 3D vision technology company, today announced that iRobot Corporation has chosen the TYZX DeepSea G2 Embedded Vision System (EVS) for several military robotics research projects requiring real-time vision and depth-perception. iRobot has demonstrated the ability to integrate the TYZX G2 […] Read More
The EATR – Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot, which is currently being developed by Robotic Technology Inc. is able to extract energy from biomass in the environment, at the same time uses the conventional and alternative fuels such as gasoline, coal, cooking oil etc…) The advantage of this type of robot is that it will be very flexible in energy resources, and will be able to […] Read More
Boston Dynamics, a US based company, which is also the developer of the Big Dog robot that became very popular on youtube recently, is currently developing a four wheeled robot. The new robot which is designed to aid ground troops in combat will have four wheels and one strong leg, which will enable it to jump over tall obstacles. Reference: computerworld.com Read More