Robotics news

Robotics Engineer at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Southern California) Ethan Shaler proposed to study the subglacial oceans on the Europa and Enceladus satellites with the help of a swarm of tiny robots. According to the idea of the specialist, the robots will be inside a probe tunneling into the icy crust of the satellite, and then will be released into the water when the "mother ship" reaches the ocean. This is reported in a press release on the official website of the laboratory.

NASA has allowed to continue work on the SWIM project, in which a swarm of small floating micro-robots can be sent to Europe. It is expected that when they reach the satellite's subsurface ocean with the help of an ice-melting cryobot, they will measure its properties and also look for biomarkers, according to the website of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

The designers of the Scientific and Technical Center of KAMAZ PJSC have developed a unique KAMAZ-6559 dump truck designed for quarry work in autonomous mode.

The South Korean Defense Development Agency announced the completion of work on a prototype robot for tunnel exploration. The ATE autonomous vehicle was developed jointly with the Command for the Development of Combat Capabilities of the US Army, Defense News reports.

The underwater drone-glider for the inspection of radiation-hazardous objects for the Ministry of Emergency Situations will be ready for mass production in three to four years.

The total number of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is about 170,000 people. In accordance with the current military doctrine, in the event of a conflict, they will have to act not only in open terrain, but also in urban conditions, while minimizing their losses. In this regard, the command of the Israeli army is actively implementing combat robotic systems.

The US Army will hand over the Spot robot dog to the HALO Trust organization, which is engaged in mine clearance of Ukraine. It will be used to search for mines. This is reported by the magazine Foreign Policy (FP) with reference to the source.

According to online sources, the first flight tests of the TP500 transport unmanned aerial vehicle have been conducted in China. Specialists of the First Aviation Institute of China were engaged in the development of the aircraft.

The robotic tank based on the Milrem Type-X combat vehicle (RCV) is a joint project of defense contractors Israeli Milrem Robotics and Norwegian Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace.

By the end of 2022, Rosgvardiya will formulate technical requirements for the development of a serial version of the promising Marker robot, first it will patrol critical facilities, and then catch and suppress drones, a source in the military—industrial complex told RIA Novosti.

In 2023, Israel will begin testing a combat unmanned vehicle with an autonomous turret. This is reported in a press release of the Ministry of Defense of the country. The presentation of the robotic combat vehicle took place after the announcement of Israel's order of the Negeva combat vehicle for its special forces from Israel Aerospace Industries.

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.