Counter Enemy-Boat Tech Inspired by Nature
Stopping smuggler’s boats or enemy vessels can sometimes be a complex challenge. Currently, the US Navy stops boats particularly suspected smugglers by using a...
New Drone Absorbs Crash Shocks in Surprising Way
In recent years, robotics experts have taken a page from the traditional Japanese practice of origami and come up with light and flexible –...
Shark-Based Military Tech Developed
Shark skin offers a near-perfect design for gliding effortlessly through water. Researchers are working to translate that evolutionary advantage onto metal surfaces. Eventually, the...
Fish Swarm – Model for Energy-Saving Autonomous Vehicle Swarm
A new study by a group of researchers at ETH Zurich has modeled the swarm behavior of fish in order to apply the conclusions...
Register Now! Don’t Miss AUS&R 2018 Unmanned Systems & Robotics Conference...
iHLS is delighted to announce the Conference and Exhibition on Unmanned Systems and Robotics - AUS&R 2018, the leading event held for the sixth...
Unexpected Technique to Detect Chemical Warfare Agents
Offering an innovative, low-cost and rapid means of threat agent detection, a new sensing technique may offer significant advantages for deployed warfighters. Researchers from...
Radars Will Not be Able to Tell Bird-Like Drone from Real...
Drones have their limitations. A drone can be seen and heard which is counterproductive to the purpose of surveillance drones. People on the ground...
First Untethered Insect-Sized Flying Robot Developed
An insect-sized flying robot could help with time-consuming tasks like surveying crop growth on large farms or sniffing out gas leaks. These robots soar...
Watch: Squids Will Potentially Make Soldiers Invisible
As it turns out, squids can make quite the contribution to military innovation. A research published recently by Northeastern University professor Leila Deravi demonstrates...
Bats Can Help Produce Cheaper Echolocation Sensors
New research from the University of Washington suggests that the Egyptian fruit bat is using similar techniques to those preferred by modern-day military and...
Mimicking Falcons in Next Generation Drone Defense
Next-generation drones, built to track and hunt other drones, might be designed using hunting principles used by one of nature's most capable predators. Researchers...
Revolutionary Sensor Mimics Shark Detection Ability
A “quantum material” that mimics a shark’s ability to detect the minute electric fields of small prey has been tested. with potential applications from...
Spider-Like Drone Will Shoot Webs for Stabilization
One of the challenges drone developers face is the flight time: the ability to stay in the air for long enough to be useful,...
Snake-Like Robot to Aid Search and Rescue Operations
Search and rescue operations in disaster-stricken areas often lack information about the terrain and the actual situation. A team of researchers at Worcester Polytechnic...
Creative Anti-Chemical Weapon in Development
The Syrian civil war has brought chemical weapons back to the center stage in terms of international arsenals and defense methods. The U.S. military...
Robot with Unprecedented Structure for Search and Rescue Missions
A new type of robot can grow across long distances without moving its whole body. Imagine rescuers searching for people in the rubble of...
Squirrel-Like Drone Design by The US Military
The US military is relentlessly working on new drone technology developments. These efforts include new types of drones like autonomous boats and small swarming...
Snake Robot – for Surveillance Missions in Challenging Terrain
Robotics company Sarcos has developed the Guardian S - a rugged, waterproof snakebot that’s capable of shimmying across virtually any type of terrain, through...
3D-Printed Sensor Coating Would Cover Robots and Aircraft
A new method of creating flexible, printable electronics that combine sensors and processing circuitry was developed by MIT researchers. The work was supported by...
Bio-Inspired Technology Makes Drones Resilient to Collisions
Systems designers have developed a new bio-inspired strategy for making quadcopters and other drones resilient to collisions.
Current crash-protection designs for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)...
DARPA Developing Unique Use of UASs in Swarm
The US agency DARPA (the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency) has recently announced the completion of phase 1 in its Gremlins program, which envisions...
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...
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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...
