military robotics

DARPA’s Gill Pratt on Google’s robotics investments

When Google bought Boston Dynamics last December, the news made headlines, but it was not the first time the Internet giant has invested in DARPA-funded robotics. As part of Robohub's Big Deals series...

19 March 2014, by Gill Pratt and Robohub Editors

Robots, soldiers and cyborgs: The future of warfare

Boston Dynamics' BigDog. When we imagine the future of warfare, we often envision a battlefield where humanoid robots and other machines fight alongside or in the place of human soldiers. From the dr...

05 February 2014, by Armin Krishnan and Footnote

CMURobotics RI Seminar: Mel Torrie of Autonomous Solutions

As guest speaker for a CMURobotics RI Seminar, titled Lessons Learned Bootstrapping a Robotic Vehicle Company, Mel Torrie of Autonomous Solutions (Petersboro, Utah), describes how he got into robotics...

02 February 2013, by John Payne

DARPA’s sub-hunting drone appears in concept video | Gizmag

SAIC has published a conceptual video that demonstrates how its DARPA-funded unmanned drone ship will hunt and track enemy submarines.See on www.gizmag.com...

03 January 2013, by John Payne

Black Hawk operates autonomously in test flight | USARMYAMCOM

According to the Popular Science website “This newly-released video of a November 5 flight over the Diablo Range in California shows a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter autonomously navi...

07 December 2012, by John Payne

USA – Rise of the Machines | Journeyman Pictures

“Most people see drones as a controversial weapon prowling over foreign battlegrounds. But as America's military campaigns wind down, these machines are coming home and set to change civilian li...

04 December 2012, by John Payne

An exclusive look inside Israel’s drones | CNNMoney

CNNMoney visits Israel's biggest defense manufacturer and gets special access to the drones of today and the future.See on money.cnn.com...

03 December 2012, by John Payne

Discussion of military robotics

The Inkwell discussion mentioned below is now underway. See Inkwell.vue topic #352 on The WELL. For two weeks, beginning April 29th, Brookings Institution Senior Fellow P.W. Singer will be o...

02 April 2009, by John Payne