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 […]
Robots
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 […]
Anyone who can remember Popular Mechanics magazines as far back as the 1950s can remember illustrated stories on the coming super-suits — those metal exoskeletons that would let humans lift incredible amounts of weight and run as fast as a speeding bullet. The concept got a boost in 1986 when Sigourney Weaver donned an oversized […]
The Army has given Lockheed Martin $1.1 million (which, let’s admit, is peanuts) to test its “next generation HULC advanced robotic exoskeleton”; basically a really, really expensive load-bearing, wearable harness. The idea is that HULC transfers a trooper’s heavy load from the legs and back to the exoskeleton which then provides a power assist up […]
