cybernetics

https://spacenews.com/mars-sample-return-mission-plans-begin-to-take-shape/

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/technology/neuralink-elon-musk.html

The full name was 'The All-State Automated System for the Gathering and Processing of Information for the Accounting, Planning and Governance of the National Economy, USSR' (OGAS being a Russian acronym for the first four words). It has been described as the 'Soviet Internet'. It might be more...

I looked for any previous posts on swarming quadcopters but I didn't find anything. Kind of odd that nobody has posted a video on those. Here is the Navy's rendition of swarming drones. At the 38 second mark the video shows a cluster of drones operating in close proximity. This is different...

NASA's Next Mars Rover Progresses Toward 2020 Launch http://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=1922 http://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/images/?ImageID=7909

RM released this late last year. MGCS=Main ground combat system= the supposed Leo III MBT.

Since we don't seem to have a dedicated thread for this already: http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2015/10/remember-eatr-the-military-robot-that-was-supposed-to-eat-humans/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/09/eatr_beta/

Just wondering, would it be by any chance possible to set up a new 'Robotics and Cybernetics' board in the Research Topics section at the present time? It would be especially handy for topics that don't fit neatly into Aerospace, Military, or any of the boards over in the Secret Projects section...

Paging Mr. David Mace, Paging Mr. Greg Bear. Via Slashdot: DARPA wants to dot ocean floor with network of robotic pods that can spy, explore (NETWORKWORLD) http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Releases/2013/01/11.aspx...

Video at this link - http://www.hizook.com/blog/2009/08/03/high-speed-robot-hand-demonstrates-dexterity-and-skillful-manipulation Think of the military applications for robotic technologies able to be this dexterous and this fast. Humans can think awfully fast but are limited by our physical...

Thought this might be topical in light of current events. Both of these series were developed in the early 2000's by Hitachi for use in nuclear accidents. However they appear to have fallen victim to to political shenanigans shortly thereafter. The [final?] SWAN prototype ended up (ironically)...

From theworacle via YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFbbc00jnbQ

Higly protected manned-unmanned systems vith remote control for special situations. Info (in russian) - http://andrei-bt.livejournal.com/13350.html

For those who didn't often read Ares blog...not a fresh news but was impressive for me. It worth reading http://www.bostondynamics.com/content/sec.php?section=robotics and especially looking at in action http://www.bostondynamics.com/dist/BigDog.wmv...