The Army used a vehicle-mounted high-energy laser for the first time to successfully engage more than 90 mortar rounds and several unmanned aerial vehicles in flight. The Army High Energy La... Read more
Pitt-led research team receives U.S. Army Research Office grant to develop 4D printing of adaptive materials Imagine an automobile coating that changes its structure to adapt to a humid envi... Read more
Virtual reality is one of many inventions that never seemed to make the leap from science fiction to mass-market product. Again and again, headsets that promised to immerse people in wondrou... Read more
“If we time things right, the robot can jump with a tenth of the power required to jump to the same height under other conditions,” A new study shows that jumping can be much more complicate... Read more
After unmanned drones, pilotless helicopters are taking to the sky to deliver supplies to troops UNMANNED attack aircraft, such as Predator and Reaper, have become a familiar part of modern... Read more
He predicted that the first wave of robots would most likely become “the body for people with physical disabilities.” MENLO PARK, Calif. — Millions of people watched a robot descend last wee... Read more
The device would fry targets that conduct electricity Thought that title might get your attention, but shooting lightning bolts down laser beams is just what a device being developed at the... Read more
“This 30 percent is actually quite a big deal” US Army Research Laboratory scientists have made a major breakthrough in increasing single-cell battery energy density by an astoun... Read more
“shape-changing maneuverable munition” Not long after placing its first order for suicide drones, the U.S. Army has set its sights upon a tiny hovering robot capable of sc... Read more