Yuval Ne’eman Workshop: Robots – Mankind’s Future
Science Minister Ya'akov Perry: “The future of mankind is robotics” * Professor Yitzhak Ben-Israel: “Cyber will the the main Israeli focus for the next...
Leaping Forward – Unmanned Ground Vehicles
Israeli academia and industries invest in the development of UGVs, with the unmanned vehicles being ideal for security * Armies around the world, including...
iHLS TV – Liquid Metal, Offshore Security and UAS
Articles and issues discussed in this episode:
A new Israeli ground-based security system for mega-events
Israel's new gas reservoirs: Tempting targets for terror
Chinese researchers develop smart...
Chinese Develop Transforming, Liquid Metal
Printing parts for a weapon is one thing – and there’s ample proof-of-concept about to show that 3D printers will only get better at...
The New American Driverless Car
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...
International Robotics Competition for Startups
The robotics tech cluster, and Robohub, the global robotics news site, are partnering to launch the first online robot startup competition.
Organizer Andra Keay from...
The Future of Robotics: Israeli UGVs
According to Dr. Isabelle Okashi, the future of UGVs (unmanned ground vehicles) is similar to that of their airborne drone cousins: A combination of...
The Marine Corps Robot
The U.S. Marine Corps is currently evaluating a robotic, autonomous unmanned vehicle for patrols, force protection, base security and infiltration detection.
The vehicle, MDARS, is...
Robots from the Israeli Desert
If you ask Dr. Amir Shapiro, director of the Robotics Lab at the Mechanical Engineering Department of Ben Gurion University, what's a robot, he'll...
Dubai: Fire Fighting Drones and Robots
Dubai's Civil Defense Agency recently acquired 15 remote operated quad copters – the new UAVs will patrol above sensitive areas and industrial zones in...
Sharp and Precise: New Israeli Payloads
THE TAMAM group of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has expanded its offering and fielded a series of new and upgraded stabilized payloads, incorporating significant...
iHLS TV: Robot Soldiers and UAV Swarms
Interview with Richard Miller, security strategist and privacy consultant at IBM Global Technology, on cyber security.
Link to the full interview.
Articles featured in this video:
The Future...
U.S. Army: Robot Soldiers to Replace Humans
The U.S. army is considering the feasibility of shrinking the size of the brigade combat team from about 4,000 soldiers to 3,000 over the...
Man vs. Machine: Border Patrol Robots Hunting Smugglers
Israel may look at some systems currently being used by the U.S. Border Patrol for fighting drug-smuggling tunnels.
The U.S. Border Patrol unveiled one of...
DARPA Robotics Challenge: How Robots Will Save Our Lives
Sixteen robots participating in the DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials last month performed such tasks as opening doors or climbing a ladder, all tasks aimed...
New Flying Car Transforms into Aircraft
Advanced Tactics, a small aerospace company, released details about its AT Transformer vehicle technology and announced that a full-scale technology demonstrator has completed its...
DARPA Selects Robotics Challenge Winners
Eight teams have been selected out of 16 challengers in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Robotics Challenge Trials. DARPA, which conducts advanced...
Pentagon Orders Hundreds of Small Reconnaissance Robots
FirstLook is engineered with visible cameras, long-wave infrared sensors and thermal cameras – all designed to gather and beam back images and video of...
Integrating UGVs in HLS Operations
By Amos Goren
CEO, Automotive Robotic Industry
UGV market Players
Police UGV: The only UGV success story to date are police oriented missions - EOD (Explosive...
Japanese Robot Wins Rock, Paper, Scissors Every Time
Japanese scientists have released a video of their Janken robot, which wins rock, paper, scissors every time against a human opponent. The robot, developed...
First Conversation is Space Between Human and Robot
Wakata: How did you get out here into space, Kirobo?
Kirobo: On the Kounotori from Tanegashima Space Center.
For the first time in...
U.S. – Human Guards Replaced by Robots and Automatic Systems
High-security compounds have traditionally employed security guards to protect buildings and facilities, deter intrusions, and prevent theft, but as budget cuts continue to force...
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This Combat Robot Just Fired Anti-Tank Missiles During Live Trials
Integrating heavy weapons onto compact robotic ground vehicles has become a growing focus for modern militaries, but the engineering challenge is significant. Small unmanned...
