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Army Plans Swarms of Military Bug-Robots, Bringing Sci-Fi to Life

The rather beautiful looks of the robot in this image hide the fact that in reality it would be part of a swarm of military bots designed to creep into caves, bunkers and other hostile areas to grab intel on the baddies hiding within. Yes: it sounds like Minority Report, Dr Who and Robot Wars all rolled into one. And yes: it might just end up as a real machine, since BAE Systems has just been awarded $38 million by the Army Research Lab to head up the Micro Autonomous Systems and Technology project to develop the technology. The promotional video gives us a few more clues, despite its game-like looks, and if you don't like spiders then the image of one of the other potential drone bots will surely give you the heebyjeebies. More »

9:05 AM on Fri May 2 2008
By Kit Eaton
10,576 views, 44 comments

Latest by Uncle Remus: The enemy would just create robot sparrows to eat our robot dragonflies. Then we would create robot cats to eat their robot sparrows. Then they would create robot dogs to eat our robot cats. Then we would create robot lions more »

robots v pirates

Navy to Get Robot Boats to Fight Pirates, Sets Stage For Historic Battle

Apparently, piracy (real piracy, not the BitTorrented variety) is all the rage off the coast of Somalia. The pirates, who probably don't have peglegs or parrots but I picture them that way anyways, hijack ships and hold them and their equipment for ransom, sometimes killing crewmembers in the process. It isn't pretty. But the US Navy and Coast Guard have a trick up their sleeves: robotic boats. More »

11:25 AM on Thu Nov 1 2007
By Adam Frucci
6,084 views, 26 comments

Latest by n/a: As seen on Futureweapons a few weeks ago! I love their re-enactments. They're so over the top and dramatic, but it is fun to see the tech in action. "Enemy vessel! You are in a restricted area!" more »

vehicles

TerraMax Self-Driving RoboTruck to Take Soldiers Out of Harm's Way

Self-driving cars have always fascinated me, ever since I saw a cover image of kids playing checkers in the back of an autonomous car on the cover of Boy's Life in my elementary school library. (Checkers in a car! The future is now!) After years of waiting, the military is finally making my dreams a reality in their push to have all their wars fought by robots. The TerraMax self-driving vehicle can make its way through traffic, stopping at stop signs and avoiding other cars, with no driver necessary. More »

1:45 PM on Wed Oct 3 2007
By Adam Frucci
6,841 views, 25 comments

Latest by army ranger: In the US, Rangers were generally considered for local frontier security, mostly because George Washington felt the issue of frontier security was local. The military soldiers were used for battles against the British and others. The rangers were involved in more »

danger, will robinson

Army's Autonomous Fighting Bots Bound to Roll All Over You

The US Army is about to roll out these six-wheeled vehicles that may be the granddaddies of all of our robot overlords of the future. All the army's bots up until now have been larger-scale versions of radio-controlled model cars, but the army's injecting these bots' souls with autonomy, giving them GPS points and then setting them free to move between them, and even teaching them to eventually lay waste to all in their path. More »

9:09 AM on Tue May 1 2007
By Charlie White
3,584 views, 38 comments