by AdamElkus | Dec 16, 2013 | Monitor
(by Adam Elkus) How to think about the shape of future, high-end conventional conflict? Military robotics seems to be a point of recent focus. Take Tom Ricks’ latest on the American military: By and large, the United States still has an Industrial Age military...
by Spencer Ackerman | May 2, 2013 | Monitor
With the new RoboBee, Harvard scientists are accelerating two trends in robotics: mini-drones and ‘bots inspired by creepy insects.
by Spencer Ackerman | Mar 28, 2013 | Monitor
Thanks to a grant from the Navy’s mad scientists, Virginia Tech engineers have built a giant, floppy, silicon-layered tool for undersea surveillance.
by Spencer Ackerman | Jan 3, 2013 | Monitor
The Navy’s next wave of robots will take on one of the most dangerous missions on the open water: destroying mines.
by Robert Beckhusen | Dec 3, 2012 | Monitor
Four years ago, iRobot co-founder Helen Greiner left the company she helped turn into a chief supplier of bomb-disposing military robots. Now today, her new company has unveiled its brand new teeny tiny flying ‘bots.