Watch: A Robot Refusing An Order
Researchers at Tufts University Human-Robot Interaction Lab are working on an issue that has been troubling science fiction fans for decades: when can (and...
Britain’s Nuclear Arsenal Could Be Vulnerable To Cyber Attack
Labour’s former Defence Secretary Lord Browne warns of severe risk to Britain’s nuclear deterrent unless “weak spots” are protected. If such security holes as...
US Navy’s Autonomous Robotic Ship
Diesel-electric submarines are cheap, incredibly quiet, easily produced, and pose a great threat to US Naval supremacy. Their travel range is limited, as is...
Israeli Aerostat SkyStar 180 Will Be Operating During COP21 in Paris
As part of the preparation to COP21, the Paris municipal police will operate for the first time an aerostat system – the SkyStar 180,...
Watch Drones Make Virtual Reality Physical
Virtual and augmented reality have advanced leaps and bounds in recent years. In the 80s we imagined virtual reality (VR) as us donning huge,...
A Drone By Firefighters For Firefighters
NMOTION UAS, a Kansas, US based company is aiming to make firefighter’s jobs much safer by bringing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technology into the...
Watch The Robot-Dog Which Might Just Be The Marines’ Best Friend
US Marines are getting a new four-legged buddy named “Spot.” This one, however, doesn’t bark, doesn’t sleep, and they won’t need to pick up...
US Air Force Drone Crashes In California
The US is investigating the crash of a X-56A unmanned air vehicle (UAV) shortly after take-off from the Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) in...
Toyota To Open $1 Billion AI, Robotics Research Institute In US
Toyota is set to invest $1 billion to create a new research institute focusing on AI and robotics in the United States. Slated to...
Japan Becomes A Player in East-Asia, Prepares Military
The government of Japan requested to purchase three Global Hawk drones, eight Kearfott navigation systems, eight global positioning systems, as well as other support...
The Middle East: 24/7 War Lab
By Arie Egozi
This lab is unique by any standard. as a matter of fact there is no standars to such lab but it functions...
Facebook Wants To Supply Airborne Internet To The Whole World
Facebook is aiming to bring the internet to underserved parts of the world. To do so it has teamed up with defence contractor Raytheon,...
Watch This Drone Fly Almost 50 km/h While Avoiding Obstacles
One of the main issues facing drones these days is obstacle avoidance. “Everyone is building drones these days, but nobody knows how to get...
Drones Call For Drastic Counter Measures
UAV numbers are growing fast, with different types for a multitude of different uses. Today they range from large MALE and HALE systems (Medium...
NASA Partners With University Groups To Improve Humanoid Robots
Humanoid robots could play a crucial role in an expedition to Mars. To help such robots become a reality sooner, NASA has awarded prototypes...
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...
Superlight, Jet Powered and 3D Printed – A Game Changing UAV
Aviation company Aurora Flight Sciences and 3D printer manufacturer Stratasys may have changed the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) field for ever with a new...
Active Camouflage To Make Drones (Almost) Invisible
Being far smaller, and with the added benefit of having quiet electric motors, modern drones are a lot less conspicuous than their manned predecessors....
Dubai’s Fire Service To Soon Use Jetpacks To Fight Fires
Dubai has sealed a deal with Martin Jetpack in order to have its firefighters armed with technology that could allow them to fly up...
Pentagon’s Global Hawk Reaches “500-Sortie Milestone”
In a world first, the US Air Force’s EQ-4 Global Hawk drone has completed its 500th flight.
After nearly 13,000 flight hours, the Global Hawk...
Satellite Surveillance To Track Commercial Airplanes
by Konstantin Bodragin
Satellite surveillance is commonly thought of as belonging to the realm of spies, spooks, and secretive military intelligence types. Command, Control, Communications,...
A Quadcopter System To Catch Drones Mid-Air
Landing fixed-wing UAVs is a problem, a big problem. The added weight from proper landing gear greatly reduces a drone’s range and operational capability,...
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