DETROIT ARSENAL, Michigan. (March 21, 2014) — Working closely with Lockheed Martin and a conglomeration of Army technology, acquisition and user community stakeholders, the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center successfully demonstrated an unmanned military convoy on…
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Marines Test Ultra Heavy Load Amphibious Prototype
The U.S. Marines tested a Ultra Heavy-lift Amphibious Connector (UHAC) half-scale prototype on March 3rd, 2014 in Honolulu harbor. The full-scale version (artist rendering below) will have three times the payload capability of an LCAC and be able to crawl…
VIDEO: Pack Mule Robot Gets Even Scarier
The Boston Dynamics’ Big Dog “Pack Mule” robot, being considered by the U.S. Marines to haul around extra gear in the field, just got a little scarier. Now the beast has an arm for a head that can throw 35…
DARPA Selects Four Companies For VTOL X-Plane Program
For generations, new designs for vertical takeoff and landing aircraft have remained unable to increase top speed without sacrificing range, efficiency or the ability to do useful work. DARPA’s VTOL Experimental Plane (VTOL X-Plane) program seeks to overcome these challenges…
Navy Proposes Beaming Solar Power to Earth From Orbit
What if you could capture solar power in space, then send it down to Earth? What if you could launch the hundreds of modules for such a satellite, then use robots to assemble the entire array in space? You could…
VIDEO: DARPA’s Robot Worm
DARPA has created a robot worm it calls a breakthrough in soft robotics.