What if your heart stopped and a flying robot landed to shock you back to life before ambulances could arrive? A USA Today investigation a few years ago found that, of the 250,000 fatal cardiac arrests that occur [...]

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a technique that uses an electronic interface to remotely control, or steer, cockroaches. “Our aim was to determine whether we could create a wireless biological interface with [...]

Centeye is dedicated to computer vision. When we first wandered up to the suburban split-level that houses Centeye Inc., we were a bit confused. Could this be the place where a mad roboticist was building tiny [...]

A goal is to move to flight in a real forest by the program’s end The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is looking at birds’ perceptual and maneuvering abilities as inspiration for small unmanned aerial [...]

The Ring of Gyges has the power to obscure the obvious. As the debate on the morality of the United States’ use of unmanned aerial vehicles (“U.A.V.’s,” also known as drones) has intensified in recent weeks, [...]

As in so many MacGyver-style systems, it all comes down to paragliding robots. A new project to make dealing with humanitarian crises easier includes robot gliders that can deliver aid to crisis zones–and modules that [...]

Algorithms enable robot to navigate and view propellers and other complex structures. For years, the U.S. Navy has employed human divers, equipped with sonar cameras, to search for underwater mines attached to ship hulls. The [...]

If we’re going to clean up to ocean, we’re going to need some robotic help. These floating trash suckers might just do the trick. The ocean is a vast place. And while we humans have [...]

Have some aerial photography you need done? Drones aren’t just for hunting terrorists anymore. Soon, you’ll be able to buy and launch your own UAV for cheap. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)–or drones–have been used in [...]

He argues that technological change is producing a growing intolerance for the routine slaughter of earlier wars. FOR streamlined, unmanned aircraft, drones carry a lot of baggage these days, along with their Hellfire missiles. Some [...]

OpenRov is being sold for $775 through its launch This cheap, crowdsourced submersible has recently begun taking maiden voyages in the world’s oceans, opening up the world of marine exploration to anyone with curiosity about [...]

It also means that it wouldn’t be too hard for [a very skilled person] to work out how to un-encrypt military drones and spoof them American researchers took control of a flying drone by “hacking” [...]