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DoD Unmanned Air, Sea & Ground Budget 2014-2018
Frank Tobe
03 Feb 2014
Within the defense sector, demand for unmanned air, ground and sea systems continues unabated. Drivers include combat operations, reduced military budgets, a changing national security environment and...
GuardBot: From protecting territory to playing with dolphins
Daniel Faggella and TechEmergence
30 Jan 2014
What has the capability to strengthen homeland security, produce a ball’s-eye view of a soccer match and swim underwater with dolphins? GuardBot: the latest development in unmanned amphibious vehicl...
The 400lb CHIMP in the room: CMU’s Tartan Rescue Team prepares for the DRC
Shima Rayej
17 Dec 2013
Carnegie Mellon University’s Tartan Rescue Team has completed assembly of its 400 pound 5-foot-2 inch tall simian-like robot that will compete in the first annual DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) in H...
The DARPA Robotics Challenge, with Paul Oh
Sabine Hauert
13 Dec 2013
Link to audio file (40:39)In this episode, Sabine Hauert interviews Paul Oh, the Director of the Drexel Autonomous Systems Lab at Drexel University. His team, spanning 10 universities, is competing in...
Unmasking the RQ-180 | Ares blog
Ioannis K. Erripis
06 Dec 2013
The Air Force has long debated how to conduct penetrating intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions since the venerable, high-speed SR-71 retired in 1998. But despite the need and a linge...
Working with EOD Personnel, with Julie Carpenter
AJung Moon
29 Nov 2013
Link to audio file (34:30)
In this episode, AJung Moon talks to Julie Carpenter, a recent graduate of the University of Washington who interviewed 23 U.S. Military Explosive Ordnance Disposal person...
14 teams qualify for euRathlon land competition
Marta Palau Franco
17 Sep 2013
Teams participating in ELROB land robotics competition tune up their robots. Photo credits: ELROB
Buildings that are collapsed or on fire, tunnels flooded with smoke or water, unstructured areas subj...
AUVSI conference brings robots to drone debate epicenter
David Pietrocola
23 Aug 2013
AUVSI returned to D.C. for 2013.
Amidst a climate of fiscal austerity and vibrant debates over the growing importance of unmanned vehicles in foreign policy and homeland security, the 2013 AUVSI Unma...
DARPA unveils new humanoid robot
Jim Haas
12 Jul 2013
DARPA unveiled their new humanoid robot Atlas that will be used as part of their robotics challenge. It can tackle rough terrain and carry human tools.
See on DARPA website....
DARPA Virtual Robotics Challenge results
Andra Keay
27 Jun 2013
The first competition of the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) was a software simulation of humanoid rescue work. The 6 best teams were to be allocated ATLAS robots for the next stage of the challenge, b...
Autonomous lethal weapons, with Peter Asaro
AJung Moon
17 May 2013
Link to audio file (29:07)In this episode, AJung talks to Peter Asaro from The New School in New York city about autonomous weapons systems. Peter tells us about the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, an...
This week’s military news
Frank Tobe
15 May 2013
... The Northrop Grumman X-47B unmanned aircraft made its first aircraft carrier launch this week. Landings come later.
... The US Navy’s Naval Research Lab (NRL) flew a UAV for 48 hours, break...
Campaign to Stop Killer Robots: Let’s all stop them, shall we?
AJung Moon
27 Apr 2013
Killer robots.
Looking at the two words together is enough to conjure up images of chaos and destruction. They're an image far too familiar in science fiction settings such as Isaac Asimov or Ar...
iRobot stock jumps 15% on Q1 earnings and 2013 projections
Frank Tobe
24 Apr 2013
iRobot’s stock (ISRG:NASDAQ) jumped 15% today on yesterday’s earnings report which exceeded analysts’ expectations for both the quarterly earnings and the annual projections....
Stopping the deployment of “killer robots” | Humans Rights Watch
Mike Hamer
23 Apr 2013
In November last year, the Human Rights Watch released the "Losing Humanity" report (which we've already covered on Robohub). This report discussed the role of robots in armed conflict, summarized th...
Blimp-in-a-box contract causes acquisition
Frank Tobe
06 Apr 2013
Global Telesat Corporation (think Globalstar, inmarsat and Iridium), and Lighter Than Air Systems, were awarded a DoD contract to provide the Army with two Blimp-in-a-box systems....
Noel Sharkey: Ban the killer robots before it’s too late | CNN
Hallie Siegel
03 Apr 2013
As wars become increasingly automated, we must ask ourselves how far we want to delegate responsibility to machines. Where do we want to draw the line?
Noel Sharkey on CNN....
VLAB: Drones – The commercial era takes off, but breaking the law is going to blow-up in our faces
Robert Morris
26 Mar 2013
Last Tuesday I had the pleasure of attending VLAB: Drones – The Commercial Era Takes Off at Stanford GSB. The event was truly fantastic and the panel was amazing. The moderator was Chris Anderson,...
Nate the Robot RH.3 – The Expendables
Jim Haas
22 Mar 2013
So if you really think about it, today's comic brings up several interesting issues regarding robots and war. One that comes to mind that is certainly not anywhere near a reality, is what if robots ...
Don’t call ’em drones: The wide world of unmanned flying machines | NBC News
Hallie Siegel
20 Mar 2013
There are different types of unmanned flying machines, and no one agrees which are drones and which aren't. Some say drones are dumb, like the radio-controlled planes used for target practice in World...
Daniel H. Wilson on “How will robots shape the future of warfare?”
Daniel Wilson
16 Mar 2013
Robots have already changed the face of modern warfare, particularly through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly called "drones." Currently, armed drone aircraft are in widespread use...
How will robots shape the future of warfare?
RBI Editors
15 Mar 2013
Updated March 17, 2013 | This month we've asked our experts to weigh in on the future of robotics in warfare, and the broadness of this topic has prompted some of our panelists to push back and reques...
Nate the Robot RH.2 – There’s Nothing Silly About War!
Jim Haas
15 Mar 2013
Call of Duty : Robot Ops, sounds like a fun game, eh?...
Active military robots around the world
Ioannis K. Erripis
15 Mar 2013
This is a brief presentation of some of the most widely used robots (or remotely controlled, semi-autonomous systems) from militaries around the world. There are numerous other projects that are curre...
The inevitable conflict?
Chris Mailey
14 Mar 2013
Study the past if you would define the future. - Confucius
War will always have a human element. Robots will be tools in future conflicts, just as they (and other technologies) have been in the past...
Robohub focus: Robots and warfare
Hallie Siegel
13 Mar 2013
For the rest of this week, Robohub will have a special focus on the use of robots in warfare.
All kinds of robots are being developed for strategic defence and military action (in space, in the...
Mark Tilden on “How will robots shape the future of warfare?”
Mark Tilden
13 Mar 2013
Robot machines have been shaping the future of war since the first siege engines appeared in ancient times (I like to think the Trojan Horse was motorized). Now with technology significantly exten...
Raffaello D’Andrea on “How will robots shape the future of warfare?”
Raffaello D'Andrea
13 Mar 2013
How will robots shape the future of war? I don’t know. I think that the more important question, however, is: what role should robots have in warfare?
In my answer I have tried (as much as is h...
Drone filibuster delays US Senate’s vote on new CIA director
Hallie Siegel
07 Mar 2013
A US Senate vote to confirm John Brennan as CIA director was delayed by a 13-hour talking filibuster by junior Republican Senator Rand Paul.
US President Barack Obama has faced criticism in hi...
MotherboardTV documentary on drones
John Payne
09 Feb 2013
http://youtu.be/kwkxx84wXNo
This video, by MotherboardTV, was posted on YouTube in early December, but, at just over 50,000 views, it hasn't yet reached the audience it deserves.
Not knowing muc...
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...
Swedish UAV ready for lift-off
Wolfgang Heller
10 Jan 2013
In December 2012, Swedish CybAero AB, a company developing and manufacturing autonomous unmanned helicopters, signed a strategic partnership agreement with the world's leading UAV company, Aer...
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...
The nEUROn maiden flight
Wolfgang Heller
05 Dec 2012
On December 1st, the nEUROn, Europe’s unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) stealth technology demonstrator, successfully completed its maiden flight from the Dassault Aviation company’s flight test ...
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...
