Robotics news

Robotics manufacturer Milrem Robotics (Estonia) has presented its new development — an autonomous robot scout THeMIS Observe based on the modular platform THeMIS UGV.

The Progress Research Institute of Technology under the management of RT-Capital of Rostec State Corporation has developed a vacuum electron beam 3D printer with an all-angle robot manipulator. The equipment allows you to "grow" heavy-duty parts made of titanium and heat-resistant steel for the aviation and space industry.

According to HD Hyundai, the large Prism Courage gas carrier with a displacement of 122,000 tons became the first vessel with autonomous control to make the transoceanic crossing, having overcome more than 10,000 km.

Germany should create the largest army in Europe, the German chancellor said. A special fund has already been created to finance this project. Now the country has a small armed forces, even compared to the size of the German army during the Cold War. Will Berlin be able to surpass the whole of Europe in military power again and against whom does it intend to use it?

The unmanned underwater swimming vehicle Orca ("Killer Whale"), created as part of the Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV) program in the interests of the US Navy, will become an underwater minelayer. This is reported by The Drive.

The Russian manufacturer of service robots "Promobot" has announced the launch of a center for the development of robotic solutions. The Center, in partnership with market leaders, carries out activities in the field of creating scalable solutions in the direction of mechatronics, artificial intelligence, machine learning and other areas of robotics.

American scientists have developed a system to protect whales from collisions with ships. This is reported by the ABC TV channel.

New Russian armored vehicles are tested in combat conditions

Russian armored vehicles of the latest models are also used in a special military operation in Ukraine. In particular, the deeply modernized BMP-1AM "Basurmanin". The equipment has just entered service with the Russian army. As they say, an egg is expensive for Christ's Day.

An unusual amphibious drone was developed by scientists from the Chinese University of Behai, Imperial London College and the Swiss research Institute Empa: it can fly, then dive into the water, then quickly emerge from under the water and rush back into the sky.

How sea complexes are tested

Marine underwater weapons (MPO) have always served as one of the main shock and defensive means of the Russian Navy. And it continues to play an extremely important role in ensuring the combat stability of the naval strategic nuclear forces of our country.

The California company Marine Advanced Robotics has made significant progress in creating an unusual modular vessel WAM-V, the prototype of which was first released 16 years ago.

The Russian military reported on the use of robots to mine the areas of the Luhansk People's Republic (LNR) taken under control.

The US Navy and Marine Corps are changing their concept of unmanned ships (vessels). Last month, it became known about the refusal of the US Navy from the project of an unmanned large-displacement submarine. The question is also raised about the future of an average unmanned ship.

The Vietnamese military, carrying out extensive modernization of the country's armed forces, are making attempts, sometimes very successful, to create their own combat systems. At the same time, they largely rely on proven products, which, in particular, is caused by a rather thrifty attitude to the available material.

This summer, the division of unmanned surface ships of the US Navy (USVDIV One) will send four experimental drones to Hawaii for testing during the RIMPAC 2022 exercises. Testing of promising vehicles is aimed at exploring the possibilities of using drones to increase the lethality of the surface fleet.

The Power of the Future – military AI

Foreign Affairs is sounding the alarm – the United States is beginning to seriously lag behind China and Russia in the field of military artificial intelligence. The Pentagon is unnecessarily resting on its laurels, not understanding the enormous importance of AI. The authors write that a number of new US developments with AI have failed. America can cede military primacy in the world to its opponents.

The parade in honor of the 77th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War took place on May 9, 2022 on Red Square in Moscow.

Chinese scientists from Nanjing University have found a way to convert lunar soil into carbon dioxide, oxygen and fuel. These works are described in Joule.

On May 6, 2022, the Naval Systems Command of the United States Navy (NAVSEA) announced that on April 28, baptismal ceremonies and launching of the first prototype of the promising large autonomous uninhabited underwater vehicle Orca XLUUV (Extra Large Unmanned Underwater Vehicle) took place on the Pacific Coast of the United States in Huntington Beach (California). The device was designed and built for the US Navy under the head role of Boeing Corporation, the subcontractor in the construction was the shipbuilding corporation Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII).

Chinese engineers have taught a swarm of drones to move through the forest and demonstrated this by flying in bamboo thickets. Drones constantly exchange information and fly as a single unit, but at the same time they may deviate slightly from the general trajectory if there is an obstacle in the way. The article is published in Science Robotics.