If it wasn’t for the possible alliterative value, it’s likely that someone would have come up with a term to replace “Robotics Rodeos,” demonstration events designed to provide military or …
From the early days of combat in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Marine Corps has been one of the most ardent supporters and users of unmanned systems, from hand-launched unmanned aerial …
DARPA’s Legged Squad Support System or LS3 is a refinement and development of “Big Dog,” the famous four legged robot built by Boston Dynamics under a DARPA program. While the …
The DARPA-sponsored, Boston Dynamics developed Cheetah robot is shown here breaking its own land speed record as well as running faster than the fastest human on earth. The company is …
In the face of the most draconian U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) budget cuts in at least a generation, affordability has become a new watchword, perhaps the new watchword. While …
ReconRobotics, Inc. announced Feb. 15 that it had been awarded a $13.9 million contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command for 1,100 Recon Scout® XT micro-robot kits on behalf of …
ReconRobotics Inc., based in Edina, Minn., has recently received contracts from the U.S. Army Rapid Equipping Force to provide U.S. forces with several hundred of its Recon Scout® XT micro-robot …
The last flight of the space shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station in February 2011 marked the dawn of a new era – in space and on Earth. When …
Dyke Weatherington is the deputy director, Unmanned Warfare, Portfolio Systems Acquisition in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (OUSD) for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (AT&L) and the Office …
