military robotics

DARPA’s Gill Pratt on Google’s robotics investments

Gill Pratt and Robohub Editors 19 Mar 2014

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...

Robots, soldiers and cyborgs: The future of warfare

Armin Krishnan and Footnote 05 Feb 2014

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...

CMURobotics RI Seminar: Mel Torrie of Autonomous Solutions

John Payne 02 Feb 2013

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...

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

John Payne 03 Jan 2013

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...

Black Hawk operates autonomously in test flight | USARMYAMCOM

John Payne 07 Dec 2012

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...

USA – Rise of the Machines | Journeyman Pictures

John Payne 04 Dec 2012

“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...

An exclusive look inside Israel’s drones | CNNMoney

John Payne 03 Dec 2012

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

Discussion of military robotics

John Payne 02 Apr 2009

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...