Robotics news

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.

On April 25, the exhibition "INNOPROM. Central Asia". The enterprise of the NPO "High–Precision Complexes" holding - Kovrov Electromechanical Plant (a member of the Vladimir branch of the Union of Machine Builders of Russia) presented products of the Ant - Ant brands and road rollers "Raskat" at the joint exposition of Rostec State Corporation.

Ust-Katavsky Car Building Plant, part of Roscosmos, will begin assembling the first unmanned tram at the end of 2022. This was announced on Friday, April 15, by the general director of the company Roman Novikov.

In the recently published budget of the US Navy for 2023, there is no funding item for the sensational LDUUV project to develop an unmanned underwater vehicle of large displacement Snakehead.

SberAutoTech has started testing drones in the passenger transportation service mode. The fleet of self-driving cars has been on the roads of Moscow and the Moscow region since December 2020. Cars are being tested in conditions of dense urban traffic, taking into account various weather conditions and time of day. In the spring of 2022, the company started the next stage — testing the unmanned passenger transportation service.

Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov promised the appearance of unconventional types of weapons in Russia

The State Armament Program (GPV) will be aimed at creating non-traditional types of weapons, including directed energy weapons, kinetic weapons, as well as control systems using artificial intelligence and robotic complexes.

At the XVII All-Russian Forum-exhibition "State Order", held from April 6 to 8 at the Skolkovo Innovation Center, Russian enterprises of the military-industrial complex presented their import-substituted products. The event was attended by Rostec Group, Rosoboronexport JSC, Almaz -Antey Concern of East Kazakhstan Region, United Aircraft Corporation PJSC, Kinetics Engineering Center for Prototyping of High Complexity of NUST MISIS and others.

Will the Americans get the remains of the Ross "Zircons" from the bottom of the Barents Sea?

The Americans, having lifted the wreckage of the F-35C fighter from the depths of the South China Sea, proved that they are able to find and raise even small objects to the surface if the search area is narrowed. Therefore, it is possible that they will be able to raise the remnants of Russian missiles from the bottom of the Barents Sea and learn the secrets of the latest samples of our weapons from the finds.

The Russian army will test the robot tank "Sturm" for battles in urban conditions

The first prototype of the Russian heavy attack robotic complex "Sturm", created on the basis of the T-72V3, will go to preliminary tests in April. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what tasks this complex should perform on the battlefield.

The engineering troops of Russia are armed with new effective complexes of mine clearance and protection

Only lazy did not speak about the relevance of the introduction of robotic complexes into the Russian Armed Forces. This fully applies to the engineering troops of the country. Even, perhaps, more than other units and divisions: the service of military engineers is largely associated with a deadly danger for personnel.