robotics

An unsolicited proposal from AAI to the USN for a new Fleet class USV. AAI built two prototypes on it's own dime, which the USN evaluated during the recent Trident Warrior exercises. Despite apparently doing well, there doesn't seem to be any prospect for USN orders in the near future. MAPC...

Hi there SecretProjects forum members, Long time lurker, first time poster. :) I'm a writer by trade, and I've always had a great interest in military technology—especially military aviation. Obviously, there's a ton of great information here, and I'm really appreciative of so many of the cool...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki_Af_o9Q9s&feature=plcp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzqdoXwLBT8&feature=plcp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syA7ml64zY4&feature=plcp Not bad for a PR piece.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b4ZZQkcNEo&feature=player_embedded Weaponize, weaponize and weaponize

I've used the search function and this does not appear to have been covered before (fingers crossed) NASAs original surveyor plan involved four 'engineering' flights and two 'science' missions. As things worked out the original 'engineering' design proved adequate for pre-Apollo landing site...

From Wired.com: Navy’s Newest Robot Is a Mechanized Firefighter By Katie Drummond March 8, 2012 | 12:56 pm | Categories: robots Meet SAFFiR: Embedded sensors allow the 'bot to see through smoke, and sophisticated upper-body agility let the 'bot throw fire-squelching grenades. Illo: Naval...

Congress passed the FAA bill. http://www.mobile-tech-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=82075 "The FAA is also required under the bill to provide military, commercial and privately-owned drones with expanded access to U.S. airspace currently reserved for manned aircraft by Sept. 30, 2015. That...

A late 1990's French government sponsored project for a "Ground Target For Simulating The Heat Silhouette Of A Vehicle Such As A Tank". Intended for both peacetime use as a training (including live fire) target and as a wartime mobile decoy system. Was what would be known today as 'optionally...

During the 1960's one proposal for the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) was make it so that after the manned mission was over it could be used as an unmanned rover for further exploration. Here is the final presentation report for the Bendix Version...

Video at this link - http://www.hizook.com/blog/2009/08/03/high-speed-robot-hand-demonstrates-dexterity-and-skillful-manipulation Think of the military applications for robotic technologies able to be this dexterous and this fast. Humans can think awfully fast but are limited by our physical...

Ares A Defense Technology Blog Tomorrow's Seabots and Their Magnetic Wheels Posted by Paul McLeary at 5/3/2011 2:32 PM CDT Pirate attacks more than doubled during the first three months of this year over the same period in 2010--shooting up from 36 to 77 attacks globally. While attacks...

SecNav Posits Drone Ships Fueled by Sediment At a breakfast meeting with DC-based defense reporters today, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus (now clearly not in contention to be SecDef) sketched a future force of unmanned ships pulling power from the sea floor. Office of Naval Research just did...

Thought this might be topical in light of current events. Both of these series were developed in the early 2000's by Hitachi for use in nuclear accidents. However they appear to have fallen victim to to political shenanigans shortly thereafter. The [final?] SWAN prototype ended up (ironically)...

Till now allmost all drones are completely man-made. That could change, at least in the field of micro drones, according to an article in the december issue of the German magazine "Spektrum der Wissenschaft" (Spectrum Of Science). Several teams of scientists are working on a conversion of...

From theworacle via YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFbbc00jnbQ

In the Eighties there was an infamous spate of submarine incidents in Swedish waters, apparently involving mini submarines penetrating close to shore (and even inside harbour areas). From the reports at least some of these would appear to have been fitted with Caterpillar/Tank style Tracks...

Higly protected manned-unmanned systems vith remote control for special situations. Info (in russian) - http://andrei-bt.livejournal.com/13350.html

Hi Guys, Back in February 1986 the Naval Air Development Center Warminster PA conducted a paper on "Artificial Intelligence and Its Impact on Combat Aircraft". Apart from the unmanned aerial vehicles, training simulators, fault diagnostic systems, speech recognition, robotics, the software to...

Lets start with the most interesting one - PW124 UCAV. The project, that should led to the new manned or unmanned light attack aircraft.

I dont think it is going to matter how confident the aerospace community becomes with UAVs. Jo Public will never accept and thus we will never see a pilot less airliner...