DefenceTalkUS Army-funded researchers created nanosized robots that could enable locomotion, novel metamaterial design and high-fidelity sensors. Cornell University researchers created micron-sized shape memory actuators that fold themselves into 3D configurations and allow atomically thin 2D materials with just a quick jolt of voltage. Once the material is bent, it holds its shape, even after the […]

DefenceTalkThe Defense Logistics Agency is improving accuracy, cycle time and productivity in supply chain management practices through robotic process automation, which uses software bots to execute tasks and interact with systems. “The metric we pay the most attention to is the hours contributed back to the mission. Our highly skilled workforce can use their talents […]

DefenceTalkThe ability to operate in high threat environments, without putting warfighters or service people at risk, is one of the single biggest challenges faced by decision makers of the day. Part of the solution is the use of Unmanned Vehicles that are not only ‘safer but potentially more effective than the use of current manned […]https://www.defencetalk.com/irvingq-develops-airdrop-platform-compatible-for-use-with-milrem-robotics-ugv-74985/

DefenceTalkArmy engineers aim to qualify an autonomous combat vehicle on a gunnery range in the coming months, as part of a new program they say is the first step toward weaponized robotics. Under the “Wingman” Joint Capability Technology Demonstration, or JCTD, program, engineers have already been able to autonomously pilot a specially-configured Humvee and hit […]https://www.defencetalk.com/wingman-program-developing-armed-robotic-vehicles-to-be-controlled-by-soldiers-71394/

DefenceTalkThe experimental low-cost XS-1 will be able to fly at escape-velocity speeds and catapult 3,000-pound payloads into orbit – and it’ll be able to do it again and again. This week the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) solicited design proposals for a satellite-launching robotic space plane, signaling that development of the futuristic aerospace […]https://www.defencetalk.com/darpa-sets-sights-on-robotic-space-plane-for-next-generation-warfare-67559/

DefenceTalkDefence and security company Saab presented its remotely operated vehicle (ROV), Sea Wasp, at the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space Exposition in National Harbor, Maryland. Sea Wasp, which relocates, identifies and neutralizes underwater improvised explosive devices (IEDs), is designed to combat below-the-surface terrorism. To produce the Sea Wasp, Saab leveraged technology from its Saab Seaeye line of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/saab-develops-underwater-anti-ied-robot-67490/

DefenceTalkSoldiers are being asked to do the impossible, carrying out missions while humping over 100 pounds of gear, said Col. Kurt “Travis” Thompson. They’re doing the impossible every day, but they can do much more if that burden is eased, he said. Thompson, chief, Soldier Requirements Division, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Capability Manager […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-seeks-to-lighten-soldier-loads-using-robots-66925/

DefenceTalkMore than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface is covered by water, yet scientists know more about space than about what happens in the ocean. One way scientists are trying to improve their understanding of the marine environment is through the use of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), programmable robotic vehicles that can independently study the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/underwater-robots-auv-programmed-independent-decisions-66868/

DefenceTalkThe world must act quickly to avert a future in which autonomous robots with artificial intelligence roam the battlefields killing humans, scientists and arms experts warned at an elite gathering in the Swiss Alps. Rules must be agreed to prevent the development of such weapons, they said at a January 19-23 meeting of billionaires, scientists […]https://www.defencetalk.com/scientists-urge-world-to-stop-killer-robots-66557/

DefenceTalkSCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HAWAII: Picture a hot summer day in Afghanistan, and a company of 25th Infantry Division Soldiers preparing to move to a new area of operation. Instead of using their legs and backs, these Soldiers are fortunate enough to have a small robot to help them on the battlefield. It could provide intelligence, surveillance […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-soldiers-test-robots-on-simulated-battlefield-66291/