LTC Leon Altarez on Robotics In The Battlefield

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LTC Leon Altarez, PEO Robotics, Land Force Command, spoke at the AUS&R 2015, which took place on September 7th, on the challenges the army...
LiDAR

Autonomous Robots to Get Better LiDAR Tech

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A new detection technology was recently announced. Panasonic's new 3D LiDAR enables variable detection settings for viewing angles and scanning speed. This new product...

iHLS TV – Robots, Spies and Global Cyber Threats

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Issues and articles discussed in this episode: HeartBleed - Major, global cyber-security breach discovered Britain's new Porton Man robot tests protective gear mean for soldiers Global Hawk...

New Developments at the AUS&R 2016 Confernece

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As the presentations went on, the convention’s visitors got a clearer picture of expected developments in the unmanned aerial and land devices industry. For example,...

Robotic pilot-controlled towing tractor for passenger jets? No longer science fiction

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Wind River is among the presenters at the upcoming Autonomous Unmanned Systems & Robotics Expo on November 25-26 2014 IAI will be presenting at the...

Researchers Create Insect-Computer Hybrid

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Scientists from Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University have made a new robotic creation using what they describe as “nature’s ready-made robot platforms” - insects. They...

New Israeli Combat Engineering Robot

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Unmanned systems 2014 - Combat engineering missions include route clearance and landmine and explosive device (ED) neutralization in diverse operational arenas. These missions are currently...

The Robotics Software Driving Autonomous Vehicles

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Perrone Robotics (PRI) is a robotics software company that has developed a complete full-stack and real-time capable robotics software platform for autonomous ("self-driving") vehicles...
search and rescue

Major Contribution to Search and Rescue Unmanned Systems Development

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The various teams of first responders and their agencies play a major role in coping with natural and human-made disasters, and they need the...

Semi-Autonomous UGVs Will Drive the Industry for the Next Decade

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Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) represent a tiny portion of vehicle inventories globally, but replacing and complementing manned vehicles with unmanned systems is a powerful...

Humanoid Robot to Aid Emergency Response Teams

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The Atlas robot, which has two arms and two legs like a human, was built by a Boston company. Worcester Polytechnic Institute engineers have...

Nanotechnology Breakthrough will Sense Hazardous Chemical Traces

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Scientists at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new device that will measure the motion of small particles...

Spy turtles? Not in the near future

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Turtle spy robots are coming. Scientists in South Korea have developed a technology that they claim will enable to use live turtles for intelligence...

2nd place for Technion researcher in robotics competition

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Robots can function in place of man in various tasks and using unmanned platforms can save human lives in many different fields, from scanning...

Watch: Russian Robot Makes A Dash For Freedom

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A crafty robot was able to escape the clutches of scientific research and make a dash for freedom outside a research lab in Perm,...

The Robots Republic Of China

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Close your eyes and imagine the future war. Some estimations claim that in the not-so-far future robots will replace men in the battlefield and...

Why Does China Want Israeli Robotics?

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After Chinese investments in various sectors of the Israeli industry and especially Hi-Tech, it’s the robotics industry’s turn. An investment agreement of $20 million...

Autonomous Robotic Submarines participated at Student Competition

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Student-designed-and-built autonomous robotic submarines had to complete a difficult series of visual- and acoustic-based tasks in the international competition RoboSub held in San Diego,...
terror

Chemical Terror Attack During Tokyo Sports Events Not Ruled Out

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Tokyo Police conducted an anti-terror drill at a sports arena in central Tokyo based on a scenario of terrorists launching a chemical attack during...

Russia’s War Robots Aren’t All They’re Cracked Up To Be

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In the future, robots might do most of the fighting on the battlefield, but war robots aren’t all they’re cracked up to be, for...

INSS: The Future of Unmanned Systems

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Israeli policy makers may still be unaware of the future strategic potential of the widespread use of unmanned systems. The state may be missing...

This Could Be the Future of Battlefield Robotics

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The floor of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., was an obstacle course this week, as the Association of the United...

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This Combat Robot Just Fired Anti-Tank Missiles During Live Trials

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Integrating heavy weapons onto compact robotic ground vehicles has become a growing focus for modern militaries, but the engineering challenge is significant. Small unmanned...