An Army of Robots — The Fiscal Times

Game of Clones

Think your robot pass DARPA's Tactical Technology Office test? Here's what your bot has to do:

1. Drive a utility vehicle at the site.
2. Travel dismounted across rubble.
3. Remove debris blocking an entryway.
4. Open a door

Think your robot pass DARPA's Tactical Technology Office test? Here's what your bot has to do:

1. Drive a utility vehicle at the site.
2. Travel dismounted across rubble.
3. Remove debris blocking an entryway.
4. Open a door and enter a building.
5. Climb an industrial ladder and traverse an industrial walkway.
6. Use a tool to break through a concrete panel.
7. Locate and close a valve near a leaking pipe.
8. Replace a component such as a cooling pump.

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Darpa

<p>The best thing about BigDog is you don't have t walk it. BigDog is a dynamically stable quadruped robot created in 2005 by Boston Dynamics with Foster-Miller, the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the Harvard University Concord Field Station. Thre

The Big Dog that Doesn't Slobber

The best thing about BigDog is you don't have t walk it. BigDog is a dynamically stable quadruped robot created in 2005 by Boston Dynamics with Foster-Miller, the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the Harvard University Concord Field Station. Thre

The best thing about BigDog is you don't have t walk it. BigDog is a dynamically stable quadruped robot created in 2005 by Boston Dynamics with Foster-Miller, the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the Harvard University Concord Field Station. Three feet long and 2.5 feet tall, and weighing in at 240 pounds (about the size of a small mule) you don't want this creature jumping on the furniture--or on you, for that matter. It can, however, pass the most rigorous cardio stress test: it's capable of traversing difficult terrain, running at 4 miles per hour, carrying 340 pounds, and climbing a 35 degree incline.

DARPA

Yup. It's a drone. A spy plane of sorts that can fly for 8 minutes, land on your windowsill, and photograph what it sees and record sounds. Oops, you didn't wash that tomato before you added it to the salad. And what's with those too-tight hot pants! W

Hummingbird Drones On and On Yup. It's a drone. A spy plane of sorts that can fly for 8 minutes, land on your windowsill, and photograph what it sees and record sounds. Oops, you didn't wash that tomato before you added it to the salad. And what's with those too-tight hot pants! W Yup. It's a drone. A spy plane of sorts that can fly for 8 minutes, land on your windowsill, and photograph what it sees and record sounds. Oops, you didn't wash that tomato before you added it to the salad. And what's with those too-tight hot pants! With a 6.5 inch wing span, hummingbird can climb to new heights at the CIA. Watch the video here DARPA

<p>They call him Bear. He's a Battlefied Extraction-Assist Robot who can lift and carry wounded soldiers to safety and triage. And he's even stronger than Forrest Gump--he can carry up to 500 pounds!</p>

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They call him Bear. He's a Battlefied Extraction-Assist Robot who can lift and carry wounded soldiers to safety and triage. And he's even stronger than Forrest Gump--he can carry up to 500 pounds!

TATRC

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RoboSimian This limbed creature, from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will use its four general-purpose limbs and hands, capable of both mobility and manipulation, to achieve passively stable stances, create multi-point anchored connections to supports such as ladders, railings and stair treads, and brace itself during forceful manipulation operations. NASA/JPL

<p>“There are a lot of people very excited about this technology… this is going to be big, big money. But actually there is no transparency, no legal process. The laws of war allow for rights of surrender, for prisoner of war rights, for a human face to

The Terminator Glitch

“There are a lot of people very excited about this technology… this is going to be big, big money. But actually there is no transparency, no legal process. The laws of war allow for rights of surrender, for prisoner of war rights, for a human face to

“There are a lot of people very excited about this technology… this is going to be big, big money. But actually there is no transparency, no legal process. The laws of war allow for rights of surrender, for prisoner of war rights, for a human face to take judgments on collateral damage,” Noel Sharkey, an ethicist at the University of sheffield in the UK said recently. “Humans are thinking, sentient beings. If a robot goes wrong, who is accountable? Certainly not the robot.”

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<p>It's sleek. And simple. And unmanned, of course. the X-47B aircraft can take off and land from an aircraft carrier. According to Popular Science, "The jet-powered, autonomous X-47B is designed for aerodynamic flight — it doesn’t even have a tail —

The Stealth Effect

It's sleek. And simple. And unmanned, of course. the X-47B aircraft can take off and land from an aircraft carrier. According to Popular Science, "The jet-powered, autonomous X-47B is designed for aerodynamic flight — it doesn’t even have a tail —

It's sleek. And simple. And unmanned, of course. the X-47B aircraft can take off and land from an aircraft carrier. According to Popular Science, "The jet-powered, autonomous X-47B is designed for aerodynamic flight — it doesn’t even have a tail — partly to improve its stealth capabilities. But until now, its flight tests hadn’t retracted the landing gear, making it difficult to test its aerodynamic attributes. Further tests will help engineers prove the aircraft’s performance under a wide range of altitude, speed and fuel conditions."

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