Flexible Armor Inspired by Marine Biology

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In an article published in the July issue of the journal Acta Materialia, engineers at the University of California, San Diego describe how the...

Watch: This Robot That Swallows Stuff

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For those in the know, Festo is a name means something. They’re a German industrial control and automation company for the most part that...
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Mini-Drones Swarm Launched from Aircraft in Impressive Demo

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The Pentagon has tested a swarm of 103 micro-drones launched from planes in California. The information was released to the public only now by...

Active Camouflage To Make Drones (Almost) Invisible

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Being far smaller, and with the added benefit of having quiet electric motors, modern drones are a lot less conspicuous than their manned predecessors....

Quadrupt Robot will Climb Over Fences and Detect Mines

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Most robots are wheeled or tracked, because of the difficulties and expenses entailed in getting robot legs to animate properly. However, a new medium-sized...
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Innovative Technology for UAVs Landing in Urban Environments

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Deep reinforcement learning (an aspect of machine learning) was used to generate new development enabling the landing of a fixed wing UAV in urban...
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Robot with Unprecedented Structure for Search and Rescue Missions

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A new type of robot can grow across long distances without moving its whole body. Imagine rescuers searching for people in the rubble of...
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Creative Anti-Chemical Weapon in Development

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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...
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Snake-Like Robot to Aid Search and Rescue Operations

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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...
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Spider-Like Drone Will Shoot Webs for Stabilization

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One of the challenges drone developers face is the flight time: the ability to stay in the air for long enough to be useful,...
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Original Weapon to Counter Terrorist Threat from Drones

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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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DARPA Developing Unique Use of UASs in Swarm

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  The US agency DARPA (the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency) has recently announced the completion of phase 1 in its Gremlins program, which envisions...

Small, Eats Pollution And Walks On Water: The Green Robot

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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...
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Bio-Inspired Technology Makes Drones Resilient to Collisions

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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)...

Why Would Anyone Want A Roach Robot? Watch

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UC Berkeley scientists have found inspiration in the most disgusting of source - the common cockroach. The itty bitty icky critters can squish themselves...

“Bat Radar” To Help Prevent Drone Accidents

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Much has been said of the concern about aerial accidents due to drones crashing into other aerial vehicles and it may be that Panoptes System Crop...

Meet MIT’s Mini Cheetah

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MIT’s Super Mini Cheetah is small, cute, inexpensive, and somewhat comical with its stuffed animal head. It’s capable of walking, jumping, running, and turning,...

Compact Spy: Russian Scientists Create Roach-Size Surveillance Robot

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Russian scientists at the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University recently revealed a cockroach-like robot that is capable of spying on foes in hard to...

Drones Could Soon Fly As Flocks

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Drones will soon be able to manage their work without human input, radar or even GPS satellite navigation, according to a team of researchers...
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3D-Printed Sensor Coating Would Cover Robots and Aircraft

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A new method of creating flexible, printable electronics that combine sensors and processing circuitry was developed by MIT researchers. The work was supported by...

Watch The Great Leap: An Israeli, Locust Robot

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Robotic assistance in natural disaster scenarios is one of the leading goals of current research and development in the field. The hefty price tag...
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Snake Robot – for Surveillance Missions in Challenging Terrain

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Robotics company Sarcos has developed the Guardian S - a rugged, waterproof snakebot that’s capable of shimmying across virtually any type of terrain, through...

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Google’s New CAPTCHA Wants You to Wave at Your Camera

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Traditional CAPTCHA systems are facing a growing challenge. As AI models become increasingly capable of recognizing images, solving visual puzzles, and mimicking human behavior,...