A team of scientists from the department of Computer Science at Bar-Ilan University in Israel have developed an algorithm which could be employed in the practice of utilizing robots in a variety of military missions. This project, which has been ...

Seagliders are the result of a collaborative effort between the University of Washington’s Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and the university’s School of Oceanography. These autonomous underwater vehicles are used to gather valuable information such as conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) data at a ...

Scientists from the Tokyo Institute of Technology and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Japan have developed modular robot, capable of changing its 3D structure and its motions as a function of its environment. The ...

“Planum Vision”, an Israeli company specializing in security systems, has developed the TCUAV – Train Cable Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. The company claims their UAV has better surveillance capabilities due to its ability to oversee broader areas from different angles at ...

Students from the faculty of Aerospace Engineering at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, in cooperation with four students from Pennsylvania State University have developed a submarine deployable helicopter. Their autonomous “Waterspout” is capable of exiting a submarine, floating ...

After several hours of highly eventful competition Carnegie Mellon University’s robotic car team won DARPA’s 2007 Urban Challenge. “Boss”, as it is known, was able to complete all three main missions and 19 submissions successfully scooping gold for Carnegie Mellon ...

“By mid-21st century, a team of fully autonomous humanoid robot soccer players shall win the soccer game, complying with the official rule of the FIFA, against the winner of the most recent World Cup”. This is the official goal that ...

Led by the Autonomous Undersea Systems Institute directed by D. Richard Blidberg, research teams at several institutions have developed the SAUV II, a solar-powered autonomous underwater vehicle for undersea observation and water monitoring. The SAUV has many potential applications including ...