UGV& Robots

iHLS, in collaboration with a large defense industry is looking for companies with proven capabilities in several areas to participate in a demonstration of...

Battle robots are still not a reality, and one of the things holding them back is that they’re not really autonomous. To be truly...

Unmanned ground and aerial vehicles can provide many advantageous abilities to soldiers on the battlefield. The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has...

Robots designed for industrial inspection or emergency response often face a tradeoff. Wheeled platforms can move quickly and efficiently over long distances but struggle...

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

A team of Harvard University researchers has demonstrated the first autonomous, untethered, entirely soft robot. This small, 3-D-printed robot — nicknamed the “octobot” —...

The Pentagon’s Joint IED Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) is preparing to deploy members to Iraq where 145 roadside bomb attacks carried out by Islamic State militants killed...

The next generation of warfare is already upon us, unfolding in the shadows and beneath the waves. It's a conflict defined not by brute...

iRobot has secured multi-year contracts for the delivery of iRobot 510 PackBot reconnaissance, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) recce systems to the Canadian...

Over the next few years, the Pentagon will spend almost $1 billion for a range of robots designed to complement combat troops at the...

Controlling fleets of unmanned vehicles during military missions is a challenging task, especially when dealing with a wide range of autonomous air, ground, surface,...

Autonomous systems are predicted to become a part of daily life – often operating without human intervention. However, every time an autonomous system or...

In recent years we are experiencing a change in the way armies do battle around the globe: there are no more tanks-on-tanks clashes and...

Chemical reconnaissance (recce) on foot and in specially modified vehicles is currently carried out by specialist personnel in the event of suspected or confirmed...

A recent discovery by security researchers at Berlin-based startup thinkAwesome GmbH has revealed a significant security flaw in the popular Unitree Go1 robot dogs....

Construction projects generate enormous amounts of changing information each day—new installations, shifting materials, evolving layouts, and emerging safety hazards. Traditionally, engineers walk every floor...

If a robot is sent to disable a roadside bomb—or delicately handle an egg while cooking you an omelet—it needs to be able to...

The application of autonomous vehicles has grown dramatically in recent years. Two major functions of autonomous vehicles are positioning and path planning. An indoor...

During urban search and rescue operations such as earthquakes, large vehicles or vans are often used to get first responders’ equipment to the scene....

A new unmanned solution has been developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) - a hybrid ground and air robotic system for border patrol, reconnaissance...

Hamburg port will use automated drones across many of its operations. Within the framework of a comprehensive technology partnership, HHLA Sky, with its technological...

A study by engineers at Oregon State University suggests that they have achieved the most realistic robotic implementation of human walking dynamics that has...