In case you guys haven’t seen this video, it’s awesome. It shows a swarm of tiny quadrotor UAVs flying in numerous formations, performing figure eights with each other and even flying around obstacles. Talk about sense and avoid! The little drones (monsters?) were developed and programmed by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s General Robotics, […]
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I had a chance to sit down with Medal of Honor recipient SFC Leroy Petry a couple of days ago while participating in the AFCEA West 2012 conference in San Diego. Like all who’ve received the nation’s highest award for valor, his story of courage under fire is amazing. (Read more about him in Military.com’s […]
Here’s a major first in the use of UAVs, on Saturday one of Lockheed’s unmanned K-MAX helicopters delivered a sling load of supplies to Marines at a base in Afghanistan. This marks a pretty significant turning point in the development of drone warfare. For nearly a decade drones have been used to collect intelligence and […]
Enjoy this video of the latest in creepily-human robot tech from Boston Dynamics. It’s their Petman Robot and its lifelike walking made me cringe almost as much as I did when I first saw video of their four legged DARPA Dog robot walking through the woods of New England a few years ago. As you […]
Though it seems like every hobby shop with a Flip cam and a remote control dune buggy is pitching some sort of military-grade unmanned ground vehicle, iRobot is clearly a leader in its field and should be taken seriously with its products. We got a tip on this little ground drone that iRobot claims is […]
