The US Navy is looking to develop robotic submarine drones that can stay at sea for extended periods of time so as to maintain its maritime dominance over the coming decades.
Maryland Thermoform has announced that they will be taking part in the annual AUVSI Unmanned Systems North America 2011 Symposium; this year’s participation marks the fourth consecutive year of their participation.
Swarm robots are making waves at the Georgia Robotics and Intelligent Systems Lab (GRITS). The small Khepera robots have been seen to do a number of amazing activities in the past including flying in perfect formation, playing ping pong and creating a tune on a piano. Now in the lab they can do something completely new.
The Squad Mission Support System (SMSS) from Lockheed Martin would be deployed for the first time in Afghanistan by the U.S Army.
In another case of a robot mimicking nature, there is a new ‘insect-bot’ in China that can walk on water like mosquitoes and water spiders. These water striders provided more than inspiration for the miniature robot, they provided actual design ideas.
Textron Systems Advanced Systems, a functional unit of Textron Systems has declared the success of the common unmanned surface vessel (CUSV) at the demonstration conducted by Supervision of Unmanned Vehicles Mission Management by Interactive Teams (SUMMIT), the Office of Naval Research (ONR) being the sponsor.
A high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) took off on July 20th from Edwards Air Force Base, California. This UAS from Northrop Grumman was stationed on the RQ-4 Global Hawk.
The use of Unmanned Aerial vehicles and other robotic systems in the military operations has increased steadily over the years. The UAVs are used to perform the three D’s –dirty, dull and dangerous tasks in war.
Rajant announced that they would be providing the kinetic mesh technology as section of a contract offered to KairosAutonomi from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Maryland, for the Navy Moving Land Target Program.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced an $18.5 million grant to establish a multi-institution Engineering Research Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering located at the University of Washington. The center is to be launched this month and will be based in the Russel Hall on the Seattle campus of the University of Washington.
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