Military Technology in the Age of RobotsThis department looks at the development of military hardware and AI.
Technological advances are often the most rapid in the area of military research and development. The motivation for countries to develop better defence systems, and the money afforded by such motivation, provides opportunity for technologists to push the bleeding edge – for better and for worst.
Something is different, and you can’t quite put your finger on it. But your robot can. Even small changes in your surroundings could indicate danger. Imagine a robot could detect those changes, and a warning could immediately alert you through a display in your...
ARES Security has been awarded a contract ($950M ceiling) for the maturation, demonstration, and proliferation of capability across platforms and domains, leveraging open systems design, modern software and algorithm development in order to enable Joint All Domain...
In the future, a Soldier and a game controller may be all that’s needed to teach robots how to outdrive humans. At the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Army Research Laboratory and the University of Texas at Austin, researchers designed an algorithm...
Australia is expected to receive three MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) by 2025 according to manufacturer Northrop Grumman despite an announcement by the US Department of Defense for a two-year ‘production pause in FY 2021 and FY 2022’ in the Triton...
With rising tensions between Bejing and Washington, an increasingly assertive China, and greater potential for conflict in the Pacific region, Australia is making decisive moves to toward bolstering its defence capabilities. Within the scope of Australia’s recent 2020...
FROM THE ARCHIVES Do You Trust Me? Trusting Autonomous War Machines rtificial intelligence (AI) has made dramatic advances in recent years and it can be a little unnerving. AI can drive cars, diagnose...
FROM THE ARCHIVES Global, Ethical and Legal Concerns of Autonomous Warfare by Todd Hatcher
If you were convinced you knew the way home, would you still turn on your GPS? Army scientists recently attempted to answer a similar question due to an ongoing concern that artificial intelligence, which can be opaque and frustrating to many people, may not be...
Scientists have developed software to ensure that if a robot falls, it can get itself back up, meaning future military robots will be less reliant on their soldier handlers.
Researchers have developed a new technique to quickly teach robots novel traversal behaviors with minimal human oversight.
