DARPA is developing a program called “Biometrics-at-a-distance” which will enable sensors to pick up a heartbeat using electrocardiography. It will be able to track up to 10 humans at once, at a distance of over 10 meters, even through walls, doors, floors, or concrete. This will be an incredibly useful tool for soldiers in urban [...]
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No Comments »Boston Dynamics, creators of BigDog, LittleDog, and AlphaDog, have a new video of their impressive biped PETMAN: There is something familiar about it, I just can’t place my finger on it… PETMAN stayin alive: [BostonDynamics] via [Engadget]
Posted in biomimetic, biped, DARPA, defense, government, military / law enforcement, video Tags: biped, boston dynamics, petman No Comments »The new CORDON system from Peak Gain Systems Inc, can track up to 32 vehicles in up to 4 lanes of traffic, coming and going, monitoring and recording speed, GPS, whether you are driving on the wrong side of the road or in an unauthorized lane, and what you are thinking about. Well it can [...]
We create robots in our image, intentionally making them more and more like ourselves. Making them look more like us, act more like us, think more like us, be more like us. One day, they will be many times more intelligent than we are. If we are going to endow them with human traits, human appearance, [...]
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Say hello to AlphaDog Proto, the latest incarnation of Boston Dynamics’ BigDog. “The AlphaDog Proto is a lab prototype for the Legged Squad Support System, a robot being developed by Boston Dynamics with funding from DARPA and the US Marine Corps. When fully developed the system will carry 400 lbs of payload on 20-mile missions [...]
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Lockheed Martin has developed the SMSS robot pack mule, for supporting light infantry units. It can carry 1200 lbs, has a range of 125 miles, and can follow troops autonomously using LIDAR, IR and visual optics. If necessary, it can be driven manually. The SMSS is scheduled to be field tested in Afghanistan [...]
Skynet still has a bit more work ahead of it before the walking, shooting cyborgs from James Cameron’s Terminator movies become reality. “You might not know this, but one of my responsibilities as commander-in-chief is to keep an eye on robots,” said President Obama in a speech at Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Engineering Center [...]
C.R.A.B. (Cybernetic Remote Autonomous Barricade) police robots are just a concept for now. They will probably be more than a concept soon. And why shouldn’t they? What could go wrong? Something like this? [yankodesign] via [slashgear]
Posted in AI, autonomous, biomimetic, defense, ethics, government, military / law enforcement, video, weapon Tags: c.r.a.b., crab, ed209, police No Comments »“In June, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) agreed to expand flights of unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, along the Texas-Mexico border for surveillance purposes. Although unmanned aircraft have been used extensively by the military in Afghanistan and Iraq, the FAA has been hesitant to issue flying rights for the pilotless vehicles in the U.S. other [...]
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