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Astro Robo-Dog Packs an AI-Enabled "Brain" in its 3D-Printed Head

Sat, 08/17/2019 - 3:00am
... disaster relief (HA/DR) Jetson TK1/TX1/TX2 Nvidia robotics search and rescue (SAR) search and rescue (SAR) robots semi-autonomous robots ... in search-and-rescue operations, or when surveying disaster sites. What reportedly makes Astro special, however, is the ...
Communities: Autonomous Systems, Military Sensing
Tags: artificial intelligence (AI), Astro robotic dog, bioinspired, biomimetic, chemical biological radiological nuclear and explosive (CBRNE), cognitive computing, deep neural network (DNN), emergency response, explosives detection, Florida Atlantic University, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR), Jetson TK1/TX1/TX2, Nvidia, robotics, search and rescue (SAR), search and rescue (SAR) robots, semi-autonomous robots, sensors, voice recognition

Studying Cockroach Locomotion:, Scientists Learn How to Build Better, More Mobile Robots

Mon, 03/26/2018 - 9:35pm
... insect locomotion robotics Johns Hopkins University (JHU) search and rescue (SAR) search and rescue (SAR) robots When they turn up in pantries ... pests. But in the name of science, Johns Hopkins researchers have put these unwanted bugs to work. In a ...
Communities: Autonomous Systems, Survivability and Vulnerability
Tags: applied ethology, bioinspired, bioinspired robotics, biomimetic, biomimetrics, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR), insect-like robots, insect locomotion, robotics, Johns Hopkins University (JHU), search and rescue (SAR), search and rescue (SAR) robots

DARPA Taps Silent Falcon to Develop Midair, Laser-Based Drone Charging

Mon, 12/03/2018 - 9:30pm
... Energy Energetics Military Sensing Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Silent Falcon UAS ... persistent ISR solar-soaring long-range long-endurance UAS search and rescue (SAR) intelligence surveillance and ... networks laser power beaming The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) arguably develops some of ...
Communities: Autonomous Systems, Directed Energy, Energetics, Military Sensing
Tags: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Silent Falcon UAS Technologies, lasers, wireless power transfer (WPT), laser recharging, Stand-off Ubiquitous Power/Energy Replenishment - Power Beaming Demo (SUPER PBD) program, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), unmanned aircraft system (UAS), persistent ISR, solar-soaring, long-range long-endurance UAS, search and rescue (SAR), intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR), terrain or topology mapping, communications relay, power beaming, cellular networks, laser power beaming

Hummingbird Robot Using AI to Go Soon Where Drones Can’t

Mon, 05/20/2019 - 3:00am
... (ML) machine learning (ML) algorithms Purdue University search and rescue (SAR) sensing technologies sensors ... spaces to find trapped victims. Purdue University researchers have engineered flying robots that behave like ... Each touch alters an electrical current, which the researchers realized they could track. “The robot can ...
Communities: Autonomous Systems, Military Sensing
Tags: aerodynamic lift, algorithms, artificial intelligence (AI), bioinspired, bioinspired robotics, biomimetic, drones, event-based sensing and control algorithms, flexible wing, flexible robots, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR), Hummingbird, insect-like robots, machine learning (ML), machine learning (ML) algorithms, Purdue University, search and rescue (SAR), sensing technologies, sensors, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

Marines Plan New Test Flights for Battlefield Delivery Drones

Mon, 01/01/2018 - 9:35pm
... payload to within 45 meters of any given target site on Earth—and for a price that could make military ...
Communities: Autonomous Systems
Tags: attritable systems, autonomous resupply, battlefield logistics, disposable autonomous systems, gliders, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR), Joint Precision Aerial Delivery System (JPADS), logistics, logistics resupply, Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL), Silent Arrow, TACtical Air Delivery (TACAD), unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), unmanned aircraft system (UAS), U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), Yates Electrospace Corporation

DARPA Tests Advanced Chemical Sensors

Wed, 06/19/2019 - 3:00am
... weapons chemical warfare agent (CWA) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) DARPA SIGMA DARPA ChemSIGMA ... move throughout an area.” In the pilot study, DARPA researchers from MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Physical Sciences ... DARPA’s performer teams deployed the network on-site at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in late April 2018. ...
Communities: Military Sensing
Tags: algorithms, bio-chemical weapons, biological agents, biological warfare, biological warfare agent (BWA), chemical agents, chemical and biological defense (CBD), chemical biological radiological nuclear and explosive (CBRNE), chemical sensors, chemical threats, chemical weapons, chemical warfare agent (CWA), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), DARPA SIGMA, DARPA ChemSIGMA, distributed sensor network, explosives detection, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), MIT Lincoln Laboratory, modeling simulation and analysis (MS&A), Physical Sciences Inc., radiation detectors, sensor networks, sensors, threat detection tracking and identification, Two Six Labs