UGV& Robots

Meet the Crabster CR200 – one of the world's largets autonomous underwater robots, 2.4 meters long and shaped like a giant lobster * The...

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...

Porton Man – the new robot developed by the U.K. Ministry of Defense, will be used to test body armor and other equipment for...

By 2020 the global robotics market will reach $400 billion! You should think about investing in robotics The robotics industry will get significantly stronger in...

Articles and issues discussed in this episode: DARPA-sponsored robotics advancements may be used for military purposes U.S. military to deploy more robotic soldiers in the future U.S...

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...

Israeli academia and industries invest in the development of UGVs, with the unmanned vehicles being ideal for security * Armies around the world, including...

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...

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...

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 robotics tech cluster, and Robohub, the global robotics news site, are partnering to launch the first online robot startup competition. Organizer Andra Keay from...

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 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...

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's Civil Defense Agency recently acquired 15 remote operated quad copters – the new UAVs will patrol above sensitive areas and industrial zones in...

THE TAMAM group of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has expanded its offering and fielded a series of new and upgraded stabilized payloads, incorporating significant...

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...

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...

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...

Sixteen robots participating in the DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials last month performed such tasks as opening doors or climbing a ladder, all tasks aimed...

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...

Eight teams have been selected out of 16 challengers in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Robotics Challenge Trials. DARPA, which conducts advanced...