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  • An explosive ordnance disposal team with 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistic Group, utilize a water charge placed by a small unmanned ground vehicle to neutralize a civilian drone in Fort Greely, Alaska, Feb. 25, 2020, as a part of U.S. Northern Command exercise Arctic Edge 2020. Marines participating in the training will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to maintain readiness in arctic regions including Alaska, the most strategic place in the world. (Christopher England/Marine Corps)
    Drones that work in the cold are so hot right now

    Making sure water weapons still work is a vital task for arctic training.

    Kelsey D. Atherton
    March 10
  • The amphibious GuardBot can also travel on dry land. (GuardBot)
    Are orbs the future of security drones?

    Dronemaker partners with rolling robot for new scout offering.

    Kelsey D. Atherton
    March 6
  • The flexibility of the ever-tapering tentacles on an octopus, combined with grippers, inspired a robotic grabbing tool. (Pseudopanax via Wikimedia Commons)
    What every bomb squad robot needs ... a tentacle?

    Coiling tentacles with vacuum-powered grippers could handle objects on the battlefields of the future.

    Kelsey D. Atherton
    February 27
  • Team Robotika is one of two team to compete in both the physical and the virtual track of the Subterranean Challenge Urban Circuit. (Image courtesy DARPA)
    DARPA wants to fill in a void on underground robotic operations

    In the bones of a never-used nuclear reactor, competitors at the DARPA-hosted Subterranean Challenge are exploring how robots can find people and items underground.

    Kelsey D. Atherton
    February 25
  • The RS2-H1 system from Howe & Howe Technologies, top left; the Hunter Wolf system from HDT Global, top right; the MRZR-X system from Polaris Industries, Applied Research Associates and Neya Systems, bottom left; and the Multi-Utility Tactical Transport, or MUTT, from General Dynamics Land Systems, bottom right. (U.S. Army)
    After protest, Army launches new competition for robotic mule

    Four candidates are back in the running to compete to be the Army's robotic mule for the light infantry.

    Jen Judson
    February 18
  • By shedding moisture when heated, these soft robotic fingers can grip hot objects without overheating. (Screenshot by author from Science Robotics)
    Watch this robot hand sweat to beat the heat

    Using special hydrogels actuators, this Navy-funded robot can passively regulate temperature.

    Kelsey D. Atherton
    February 3
  • Supply artillery in the field autonomously means robots that can safely navigate unfamiliar and rough terrain, without jeopardizing their explosive cargo. (Photo courtesy of the Army Applications Laboratory)
    Army seeks robots to supply its big guns with ammunition

    Expertise in AI for off-road driving could safely transport explosive payloads to their proper destination.

    Kelsey D. Atherton
    January 31
  • This partially feathered flying machine is a way for scientists to explore the specifics of feathers in flight. (Lentink Lab/Stanford University)
    Why did the military research a pigeon-feathered drone?

    Researchers at Stanford explored the mechanics of bird feathers using a drone.

    Kelsey D. Atherton
    January 23
  • One possible configuration for the Shturm robot tank emphasizes heavy weapons and urban combat. (Ministry of Defence, via RBC)
    Russian Army will develop Storm robot tank and Ally

    The two uncrewed ground vehicles, in development by private industry for years, are now going to be formal military programs.

    Kelsey D. Atherton
    January 10
  • Using an alloy that melts at 122 degrees, a special joint module can reform a robot's broken leg. Unlike the smooth geometric patterns of this ferrofluid, the melted alloy has much more in common with hasty battlefield soldering and repair. (Department of Energy)
    Why the military might want robots that heal

    A novel technique in joint design for legged robots could lead to more self-sufficient machines.

    Kelsey D. Atherton
    January 9
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