NASA is offering $20 million in support of the robotics non profit organisation ‘FIRST’ or For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology.
The U.S Army is testing the Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot (BEAR) for deploying the robot in saving injured military personnel caught under fire.
Russian scientists are working on releasing robot-tanks. These tanks are scheduled to be showcased at the 2011 International Exhibition of Military Equipment, Technologies and Ground Force Armaments, in Russia.
A Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot, or BEAR, has been tested over the past year by soldiers at the U.S. Army Infantry Centre Manoeuvre Battle Lab at Fort Benning. BEAR may soon have the ability to rescue wounded Soldiers under fire without risking additional lives.
As a part of its incentive for student participation in science, technology and mathematics with a focus on robotic technology, NASA is providing up to $20 million over the next five years to support a national program.
At the Pike River coal mine, north east of Greymouth 29 miners are trapped and at least two of them are said to be Australians. The men have been trapped since an underground explosion occurred over the weekend. Rescue efforts are being hampered by a possibility of poisonous gases in the mine.
As reported by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the Land Warfare Conference in Brisbane, looked like a scene of a cutting edge armoury being readied for battle. What with a cache of varied grenades, tanks and the latest devices used in the battleground of modern war. Also on display were fake eyeballs, limbs and injured bodies that pump fake blood through fake veins in order to help train soldiers in emergency first aid.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded the Carnegie Mellon University with a 17-month, $988,000 contract to augment the Transformer Program to develop a military vehicle with flight capabilities.
The Alabama Robotics Technology Park will soon be open to the general public. Alabama Governor, Bob Riley will be attending the grand opening of the Phase I of the park on Wednesday November 10, 2010.
The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) Student Robot Competition 2010 was inaugurated in Chennai, India, by Sundaresh, Chief Controller Research and Development, Armament and Combat Engineering. Sundaresh stated that the Indian Army has decided to deploy 20 new Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs), which were built by the Research and Development unit of DRDO located in Pune.
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