Miniature Drone to Serve US Air Force
Military microdrones that can flap their wings and change their wingbeat mid-flight could soon be coming to a future battlespace.
The US Air Force is...
Original Weapon to Counter Terrorist Threat from Drones
France’s Air Force has found an original method to cope with the risk of drones designed for surveillance or terrorist attack. A group of...
Optimal Robotic Locomotion is Inspired by Lizards
A robot mimicking a climbing lizard gives major insights into the evolution and advantages of different movements in humans and other animals, according to...
Insect-Like Mini-Drone to Assist in Search and Rescue Missions
Typically, drones require wide-open spaces because they’re neither nimble enough to navigate confined spaces nor robust enough to withstand collisions in a crowd.
A team...
Small, Eats Pollution And Walks On Water: The Green Robot
Last month, researchers from Bristol presented at the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems in Hamburg, Germany a robot that could have...
Squid Inspired Camouflage Fabric
Engineers have been experimenting with octopus-inspired robotic tentacles for some time. Now, they are looking at the octopus’ camouflage ability for inspiration towards developing...
Micro Drones Detect Dangerous Componds
When there is a gas leak in a large building or at an industrial site, human firefighters need to go in with gas sensing...
From 48 Hours to 2: A Robot Speeds Up Tank Servicing
Maintaining armored vehicles is often as demanding as operating them. Tank engines are packed with sensors, wiring, fuel lines, and mechanical components layered in...
Ultralight Energy Harvester Draws Power from Bee Wing Vibrations
In a notable advance for bio-integrated technology, researchers in China have developed an ultralight piezoelectric energy harvester (PEH) that captures electricity from the natural...
Dual-Use Camouflage Development Inspired by Nature
A new Russian development of a camouflage material could have a dual-use value. Russia’s Defense Ministry is considering the production of clothes made of...
Robot Squids: The Next Generation of Underwater Warfare
A novel type of an Underwater Unmanned Vehicle (UUV) has recently been showcased. The UUV is a squid shaped drone designed to swim underwater...
Amphibious Alligator Brings Autonomy to Maritime Logistics
Moving equipment, sensors, and unmanned systems across land–sea boundaries has long been a logistical bottleneck. Most platforms are built for either terrain or water,...
DARPA Creating a Buzz
The US military is looking to expand its artificial intelligence operation, but it's not intending to start it up from scratch. Instead, in a...
Tiny Drone Gets AI Eyes to Navigate Autonomously
An autonomous navigation system for small, light drones inspired by insects combines visual homing (using visual cues for orientation) with odometry (measuring distance in...
No Longer Fictional – Robot Swarms
Robot swarms provide robots with capabilities that are not possible in individual robot activity, such as splitting work among themselves, responding to different risks,...
From Aerial to Ground Vehicle – in an Instant
In nature, organisms can often change shape to perform different tasks, such as how plants move to capture sunlight throughout the day. The octopus...
Cyborg Cockroaches? The Military’s New Recon Tool Is Very Real
Modern militaries continue to search for reconnaissance tools that can operate where drones and ground robots struggle — inside collapsed buildings, narrow tunnels or...
Even Half-Blind, It Finds the Target: A New Kind of Sensing...
Robots designed to detect and track chemical sources, such as gas leaks, explosives, or hazardous materials, typically rely on multiple sensors working in perfect...
Could Cyborg Pigeons Be the Next Surveillance Tool?
Small drones have become a common tool for surveillance, inspection, and reconnaissance, but they come with limits. Battery life restricts endurance, electric motors generate...
Revolutionary Snake-Inspired Robot Can Move and Manipulate Objects
Snake-inspired robots have many advantages over conventional wheeled or legged ones, like adapting the shape of their body, entering narrow spaces and moving freely...
Perfect Candidate to Airdrop Sensors in Dangerous Sites
The way military forces drop food and essential supplies from helicopters in disaster zones has inspired scientists, who sought a solution for reaching and...
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How Do You Test a Missile Defense Radar? Fire a Missile...
Missile-defense systems cannot be validated using simulations alone. Radars and combat-management systems ultimately need to encounter physical targets moving through real airspace, allowing crews...
