Susanne Posel
The US government, in collaboration with private sector defense corporations, is building the next generation synthetic robotic fighting forces and indestructible drones that will conduct surveillance, and become instant judge, jury and executioner. The newest in drone technology has created aerial craft that can fly for an “unlimited amount of time” because of “hot swapping” batteries at designated base stations. Earlier this year, DARPA release footage of its AlphaDog that is a three-legged robot that can overcome difficult terrain; following soldiers through any battlefield conditions. citeste si comenteaza …

Susanne Posel
The Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency (DARPA) Autonomous Robotic Manipulation (ARM) program seeks to find ways to utilize different remote robotic manipulation systems that are controlled by humans. This program is divided into 3 aspects:
• Hardware: to design dexterous multi-fingered robotic hands
• Software: develop complex algorithms for grasping, manipulation and sensory perception
• Outreach: beta-testing robotics in public forums to further study robotic autonomy citeste si comenteaza …