DARPA developing Humanoid Robots

admin — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:59:08 +0000

I have written about DARPA several times in this blog…for those that do not know they are a government agency that is tasked with doing research to find the impossible. Most of their projects fail, but the ones that do not are pretty useful, for instance: the internet, GPS, and stealth technology. Anyway, their latest project seems pretty cool: Human Robots.

I know they are a work in progress and far away from being useful, but these will someday be our soldiers. They may even be more than that: Think sci-fi here.

Here is an article on the topic: http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/06/darpas-next-grand-challenge-to-focus-on-humanoid-robots/

Link to DARPA

DARPAs Robot

admin — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 13:24:34 +0000

Always cool to see what new technology DARPA is working on. Here is a link to the website

“The Autonomous Robotic Manipulation (ARM) program is creating manipulators with a high degree of autonomy capable of serving multiple military purposes across a wide variety of application domains. Current robotic manipulation systems save lives and reduce casualties, but are limited when adapting to multiple mission environments and need burdensome human interaction and lengthy time durations for completing tasks.”

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DARPA – Dr. Ray Pastore's Instructional Technology Blog

DARPA developing Humanoid Robots

DARPAs Robot