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DARPA Invites Innovative Ideas for Designing Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have an important role to play in modern military operations. The UAVs of the future are expected to have advanced takeoff and landing abilities, should be easily adaptable to mission requirements in various conditions and show improved endurance and need few support equipment.

2 Jun 2011

Researchers Develop Waterproof Tumbling Robot to Deploy Aquatic Sensors

Scientists at University of Minnesota's Center for Distributed Robotics developed the Aquapod to deal with rough terrain and obstacles.

31 May 2011

AeroVironment to Supply Unmanned Aircraft Systems to the US Army

AeroVironment declared that it has signed a fixed-price contract with the U.S. Army to supply the Raven small unmanned aircraft systems (SUAS) and spares.

From AeroVironment, Inc. 31 May 2011

Singapore Armed Forces Develops Unmanned Ground Vehicles for Military Operations

The Singapore Army has released the Rush Demonstrator UGV, which was designed to conduct combat operations. The Rush delivers a relatively quick ground speed.

26 May 2011

Researchers Develop Robotic Vehicles to Search and Send Floor Map to Humans

A team from the Georgia Institute of Technology, the California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and the University of Pennsylvania has developed a robotic vehicle that performs a range of exploration activities and sends an elaborate floor map to humans.

26 May 2011

Researchers Design a Robot to Perform Search and Rescue Operations

Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a robot that can enter and navigate through granular medium.

13 May 2011

Adept MobileRobots Group to Add New Autonomous Underwater and Aerial Robots

Adept Technology declared that it will add new autonomous underwater and aerial robot to its range of land-based wheeled mobile platforms to aid research projects.

12 May 2011

Northrop Grumman Funds Unmanned Systems Competition in the UAE

Northrop Grumman has offered financial support to conduct a competition called the Rodeo in the UAE. The Rodeo competition was aimed at displaying unmanned systems and allowing students to explore areas such as science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

12 May 2011

XMobots Robotic Systems Chooses Vector Software’s Automated Software Solution

Vector Software, a company that provides automated software test tools for embedded applications, declared that XMobots Robotic Systems has chosen VectorCAST/C++ to provide advanced flight navigation software solution in less time to meet market demands.

12 May 2011

Subsea Control Systems Incorporates Advanced Robotics Technology

FMC Technologies declared that it has signed an accord with Petrobras to deliver two subsea separation and boosting equipment, worth around $130 million for the Congro and Corvina project of Petrobras, located in the Campos Basin of Brazil.

12 May 2011