iRobot’s 710 Warrior blowing stuff up
iRobot has released a new video showing some demos of their 710 Warrior ground robot equipped with APOBS (Anti-Personnel Obstacle Breaching System), an explosive line deployed by a rocket. (Designed...
View ArticleRobots in Combat: A True Revolution or Just Techno-Hype?
An article at nationaldefensemagazine.org yesterday commented: P.W. Singer, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of the bestseller “Wired for War, recently spoke “…about the staggering...
View ArticleNon-profit research organization CTC developing new military robots
The BEAR robot is shown in a photo provided by Vecna Robotics, a CTC teaming partner. Designed to locate, lift and rescue people in harm’s way, the humanoid BEAR can do what humans can’t: Lift heavy...
View Article“Navy report warns of robot uprising”
“…the sheer scope of the military’s various AI projects is so vast that it is impossible for anyone to fully understand exactly what’s going on.” That is part of a report written in 2009, when the...
View ArticleMilitary testing amphibious “Guardbot” ball
Capable of traversing snow, ice, mud, sand, grass, and swimming in water, Guardbot has two onboard HD cameras which can be independently oriented. Guardbot can be scaled up to 9 feet in diameter and...
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