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/

DefenceTalkJOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST: Army engineers demonstrated autonomous robots as part of a teaming effort to evolve natural interaction between Soldiers and autonomous systems during an exercise here, Nov. 2-3. This interaction allows for one Soldier to use numerous unmanned systems, which require neither dedicated operators nor significant cognitive burden on the part of commanders. The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/new-autonomous-robot-extends-communication-beyond-line-of-sight-65980/

DefenceTalkNew airport technologies unveiled at the Paris Air Show this week promise robots replacing immigration officers and much faster identification of criminals through their biometric data. French electrical systems company Thales premiered its new equipment designed to speed up passage through airports. In their vision of the future, passengers will no longer deal with check-in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/robot-border-guards-among-new-airport-tech-at-paris-air-show-64592/

DefenceTalkA robot from South Korea took first prize and two American robots took second and third prizes here yesterday in the two-day robotic challenge finals held by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Twenty-three human-robot teams participating in the DARPA Robotics Challenge, or DRC, finals competed for $3.5 million in prizes, working to get through […]https://www.defencetalk.com/robots-from-south-korea-u-s-win-darpa-finals-64435/

DefenceTalkResearchers unveiled a software system Wednesday which had taught itself to play 49 different video games and proceeded to defeat human professionals — a major step in the fast-developing Artificial Intelligence realm. Not only did the system give flesh-and-blood gamers a run for their money, it discovered tricks its own programmers didn’t even know existed, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/rise-of-the-machines-video-gamers-beware-63311/

DefenceTalkA mechanical fly buzzing into an enemy operations center for surveillance may still be the stuff of science fiction, but perhaps not for long. Dr. Ron Polcawich and his team at the Army Research Laboratory, known as ARL, in Adelphi, Maryland, have been pushing innovation in the area of tiny actuators and developed a pair […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-developing-robotic-insects-61185/

DefenceTalkArmy researchers are finding they have much to learn from bees hovering near a picnic spread at a park. Dr. Joseph Conroy, an electronics engineer at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, known as ARL, part of the Research, Development and Engineering Command, works with robotic systems that can navigate by leveraging visual sensing inspired by […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-researchers-test-insect-inspired-robots-61046/

DefenceTalkLockheed Martin, in collaboration with the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC), successfully conducted a fully autonomous resupply, reconnaissance, surveillance and target-acquisition demonstration using its Squad Mission Support System (SMSS) unmanned ground vehicle, K-MAX unmanned helicopter and Gyrocam optical sensor. During the “Extending the Reach of the Warfighter through Robotics” capability […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-martin-robotos-conduct-first-fully-autonomous-mission-60381/