UGV& Robots

As part of its massive $500 billion rearmament program, Russia is likely to focus major efforts on developing unmanned military systems, which could become...

The AMDS program is developing a prototype UGV-based mine-detection sensor suite that can find buried anti-personnel mines. The AMDS consists of a suite of...

A review of new robots that were developed to assist first responders: Police, fire fighters, search and rescue units, medical emergency units and more.

Scientists at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore have unleashed their latest creation on the university’s campus: the world’s most human-like robot. Nadine, as the...

Keeping firefighters safe and communicating with them have been major technical challenges for decades. While outdoors, they can use GPS to track one another,...

Many companies develop systems for border security. Some of these were recently showed in a Border Security Expo at the Phoenix Convention Center in...

The Warsaw Police has acquired a new toy for its arsenal: a robot you throw around. The Taktyczny Robot Miotany (TRM), or Tactical Thrown...

AUS&R 2016 focused the attention to the unmanned systems role both in the battlefield and in the homeland security sphere. The convention was a remarkable...

US DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) has initiated a new project - its SideArm research effort seeks to create a self-contained, portable apparatus able...

Micro-robotic manipulators with the ability to move in increments far smaller than the width of a human hair might be enlisted for a range...

John Bassett, an experienced security consultant, believes combat robots are rapidly becoming “a reality” of modern day warfare. This claim comes after, according to...

Integrating unmanned flight systems into use for domestic surveillance can provide first responders with key information. Integrating unmanned flight systems into use for domestic surveillance...

During AUS&R 2015 a certificate of appreciation was given to Shabtai Brill, who served in the intelligence corps. Brill was the very first person...

The Russian special forces will be equipped with a new advanced robotic system - a gun-toting combat robot tank called Nerekhta. The tank will...

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

Dr. Noa Agmon, a researcher at BIU, talked to I-HLS shortly after AUS&R 2015 on the role of robots in the future battlefield. Dr. Agmon...

Luggage lying around unattended at an airport are an obvious cause for concern. The hazardous task of getting up close to inspect what could...

The U.S. Army is using two state-of-the-art pilot plants, based on robots, in order to dispose of what remains of the more than 30,000...

With the advent of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) like the Reaper and Predator drones, it is becoming increasingly clear to many military strategists that...

Unmanned vehicles require positioning systems adequate for their various operational missions. NovAtel has signed a contract with Stanford University for a study to determine how...

Ford's autonomous automobile: Four infrared sensors on the roof, obstacle detection at a range of up to 70 meters (230 feet), 2.5 million measurements...

The U.S. Army recently conducted flight testing of an unmanned airborne electronic attack capability known as NERO, or the Networked Electronic Warfare Remotely Operated. The...