Unmanned Systems

The U.S Food and Drug Administration announced that it will allow the sale of a prosthetic robotic arm to adults with amputations at the...

Articles and issues discussed in this episode: New video covers the first flight test of the Black Knight Transformer, a flying, unmanned truck. New York hosts...

Stark Aerospace, a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), has unveiled its ArrowLite hand launched, single operator tactical UAS. The ArrowLite was designed, developed...

The U.S. Marine Corps wants more BlackJack UAS. The service has deployed an early version of its newest unmanned aerial system (UAS), the small,...

The U.S military may soon be deploying air-mobile hotspots so that troops operating in remote locations can communicate with support units. The Defense Advance Research...

Advanced Tactics announced that it has received government approval for and has released the Black Knight Transformer first driving and flying test video. The...

Israel's new line of upgraded, stabilized optronic payloads incorporate high definition EO and IR sensors. The new MOSP3000-HD and POP300D-HD payloads use a 1280 x 1024 detector...

News items mentioned in this episode: IAI's new Airbus Military C-295 aircraft Rafael's new DLV-53 data link for drones Elbit's Sea King flight simulator IAI develops unmanned version...

The Katana is Israel's new unmanned combat marine system, capable of supporting a wide variety of homeland security applications: Harbor security; patrols along coasts,...

The Pan-Pacific Unmanned Aircraft Systems Test Range Complex at the University of Alaska Fairbanks was established last year to help the Federal Aviation Administration...

Google's quest to build and deploy cars that drive themselves has been going well. On Monday, Chris Urmson, director of Google's self-driving car project,...

Articles and issues discussed in this episode: Israeli researchers develop a virtual periscope that can operate underwater U.S. develops system that allows drones to cooperate in...

The humanoid Atlas robot is aimed at search and rescue missions * Atlas will be sent into places too dangerous for people. The robot...

Articles and issues discussed in this episode: The recent International Robot Competition in Malaysia SRI International develops tiny assembly robots that can work in groups British researchers...

In cooperation with the U.S. Army, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. successfully flew an unmanned Black Hawk helicopter recently in an effort to provide autonomous cargo...

U.S. military researchers are launching a program to enable surveillance and attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to work together on missions involving electronic jamming,...

Meet the new robotic boat C-Worker: Conducting measurements, scanning, recording, transmitting – all autonomously, without requiring human involvement. British company ASV, a manufacturer of civilian...

Articles and issues covered in this episode: Australian authorities warn commercial drone operators New technology allows remote wiping of mobile devices Giant lobster robot saves lives and conducts...

U.S. President Barack Obama, usually a basketball fan, tried a new sport over the weekend – during his visit to Tokyo he played soccer...

The U.S. Army ordered new, small VTOL tactical drones to conduct battlefield intelligence-gathering missions. The U.S. Army has contracted Datron, a manufacturer of unmanned platforms,...

Like the birds and the bees: Tiny robots, simple and cheap, who operate in large groups without any memory capability. Could a large group of...

The future is already here: Micro robots (1 cm in length) operate in groups, build towers and decorate Christmas trees. It seems that any day...