Video: DARPA’s Automated SubHunter Delivered to Navy
DARPA has successfully completed its Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program and has officially transferred the technology demonstration vessel, christened Sea Hunter, to the...
Meet the SuperComputer that won the DARPA all-machine hacking tournament.
This is Mayhem, the supercomputer that won a Pentagon contest to autonomously hunt computer viruses. (more…)
DARPA Announces Tasks for DRC Finals
Late last week, DARPA released the final rules document for the DRC Finals. This document includes the list of tasks that robots will have to...
Northrop Grumman Developing XS-1 Experimental Spaceplane Design for DARPA
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) with Scaled Composites and Virgin Galactic is developing a preliminary design and flight demonstration plan for the Defense Advanced Research...
DARPA Plans to Arm Drones With Missile-Blasting Lasers
The Pentagon this week edged closer to mounting missile-destroying lasers on unmanned and manned aircraft, awarding $26 million to defense contractors to develop the technology. ...
Video: Pentagon-funded Atlas robot refuses to be knocked over
Meet Atlas, a humanoid robot capable of crossing rough terrain and maintaining its balance on one leg even when hit from the side. (more…)
Thus SkyNet begins: Darpa Sets Out to Make Computers That Can Teach Themselves
The Pentagon’s blue-sky research agency is readying a nearly four-year project to boost artificial intelligence systems by building machines that can teach themselves — while...
DARPA preparing to use launch and land drones from smaller surface ships
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ( DARPA ) is currently working on an initiative that...
Video: Phoenix Rising, Darpa Satellite Repurposing
Recent updates on the Phoenix program, indicate Darpa aims to create a new network of communications satellites by sending up robots to harvest body parts...
Pentagon orders “Smart” Contact Lenses [Video]
The US Department of Defense (DoD) is currently testing a pair of iOptik contact lenses to determine if...