April 5, 2016 Man's homemade robot looks a lot like Scarlett Johansson A 42-year-old man in Hong Kong spent $50,000 to realize a childhood dream: making a robot modeled on a Hollywood star, Reuters reports.
March 26, 2016 Farm run by robots will churn out 30,000 heads of lettuce a day "Robot-obsessed Japan" is how Phys.org describes a country bent on automation, and its latest agricultural efforts seem to back that claim up.
March 24, 2016 DARPA aims to create small drones to zoom into enemy buildings What if a drone could fly straight through your window at 45 miles per hour and zip around inside while navigating and gathering data all by itself? That would be very bad news for bad guys. Hiding inside structures, keeping hostages hidden inside buildings and more would just be ineffective. DARPA’s new Fast Lightweight Autonomy (FLA) program aims to create these small, fast drones.
March 24, 2016 Navy taps new Fire Scout helicopter drone The latest Fire Scout helicopter is better, faster and stronger with twice the stamina for missions. Even more impressively - it flies by itself.
March 24, 2016 Shades and drones come into focus at AUSA conference Tucked away amid like helicopters and heavily armored vehicles at AUSA this week is plenty of smaller-sized military technology, proving that good things can come in small packages.
March 24, 2016 Insects inspire military mini drones Is it a wasp? Is it a spider? Is it a fly? It’s actually a tiny drone conducting a military surveillance mission.
March 24, 2016 Students help Navy build RoboBoats The U.S. Navy has called on the help of students in its quest to develop “RoboBoats,” - naval vessels that can operate without a crew of sailors.
March 24, 2016 Tiny drones deploy for US allies Norway’s Prox Dynamics PD-100 Black Hornet Block II Personal Reconnaissance System is a tiny drone helicopter that can fit into the palm of your hand. The company says it is the world’s smallest operational unmanned air system.
March 24, 2016 Meet Reliant, the Navy’s record breaking robot mine hunter Reliant, a robot that operates underwater to protect Navy vessels and American waters from enemy mines, is also a record breaker.
March 24, 2016 Robots battle for underwater supremacy While 32 teams are fighting for robo-supremacy beneath the West coast waves, across the pond two European research teams announced breakthroughs -- based on octopus and rainbow trout.
