Robotics news

NAMI Research Institute showed a prototype of an unmanned LADA Vesta. The drone is already able to independently build a route to the specified point and move along it, assessing the trajectories of other road users. It is tested at the landfill and in urban conditions.

General Salyukov: the adoption of the BMP B-19 is planned for the near future

The Russian military will receive a new infantry fighting vehicle (BMP). Tests of the BMP B-19 with the Epoch combat module will be completed in the near future. The commander-in-chief of the Ground Forces, Army General Oleg Salyukov, told about the adoption of the machine into service in an interview with the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda.

The Pentagon's Advanced Defense Development Agency (DARPA) has signed a contract with Northrop Grumman Systems and Martin Defense to create a full-scale demonstrator of the underwater robot Manta Ray. The military wants this robot to be able to work in the ocean for a long time without maintenance and repair.

General Salyukov said that the Uran-9 and Kungas robots have passed state tests

The state tests of the Uran-9 and Kungas combat robots have been completed. Robotic complexes were used during the joint strategic exercises (SSU) of Russia and Belarus "West-2021". The commander-in-chief of the Ground Forces, Army General Oleg Salyukov, said this in an interview with the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda.

The new infantry fighting vehicle (BMP) B-19 will soon complete tests and enter service with the Russian army, said the commander-in-chief of the Ground Forces Oleg Salyukov.

The Uran-9 strike robot has completed state tests, and several more robotic complexes are being developed for the Russian army, the commander-in-chief of the Ground Forces Oleg Salyukov said on Monday.

"Synergy": Ukrainian drone "Peacemaker" tested in winter conditions

The Ukrainian design and production enterprise "Synergy" conducted factory tests of the robotic platform "Peacemaker" in winter conditions. The corresponding video with a ground drone, which Defense Blog called ominous, is shown on the SYNERGY DPE YouTube channel.

The Chinese company Unitree Robotics has equipped its four-legged robot with a robotic arm. It can lift up to five kilograms of cargo and helps the robot interact with the environment, for example, open doors.

Americans will build robotic stingrays of two types. On December 21, the press service of the Agency for Advanced Defense Projects (DARPA) of the US Department of Defense announced the signing of a contract with Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation and Martin Defense Group to develop prototypes of underwater drones.

A comprehensive bill on the legal regulation of relations in the sphere of robot turnover, which, in particular, defines the concept of "robot", divides robots into classes, and also fixes the principles of robot-human relations, was developed in the Federation Council and sent for review to the Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Finance, TASS reports, quoting the document profusely.

Human rights activists advocate a ban on the use of artificial intelligence in some military developments. In this discussion, it is formulated in detail how combat technologies that have gone out of control can harm humanity. What exactly is proposed to be banned? And what do these conversations lead to?

The chemical current source has a long service life - up to 2.7 thousand or more charge-discharge cycles, depending on the operating conditions, Rostec noted

Frost-resistant lithium-ion batteries for robots and military equipment were developed in the holding company "Roselectronics" of the Rostec State Corporation. This was reported on Tuesday in the press service of the state corporation.

The Minister noted that the exercises demonstrated the ability of the created interspecific groups to effectively carry out tasks to ensure regional security

Serial attack robots were used on a large scale for the first time during the Zapad-2021 strategic exercises. This was announced on Tuesday by Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu at an expanded meeting of the board of the military department.

Japanese engineers have developed a snake robot with magnets in the wheels. They showed how magnets hold the robot even on vertical surfaces, and the design of several segments allows it to move over obstacles. A video of the tests was published on the YouTube channel of the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun newspaper.

With the help of an onboard sonar station and magnetometers, they will independently detect and identify sea mines

The universal landing helicopter carriers (UDC) of the project 23900 "Ivan Rogov" and "Mitrofan Moskalenko", which are being built at JSC "B. E. Butoma Shipbuilding Plant" (Kerch), will be equipped with mine-free unmanned boats (BEC) of Russian design. This was reported to TASS by a source in the shipbuilding industry.

Sony has introduced a wheeled robot with an unusual design: it has two pairs of conventional wheels at the corners and two omnidirectional front and rear. This allows the robot to turn around on the spot and climb the ledges, almost without changing its angle of inclination. The company will test it as an observer on the construction of a building in Tokyo, according to a Sony press release.

Hyundai has introduced the MobED robot, a four—wheel platform with independent suspension that allows it to keep its balance even on inclined and uneven surfaces. The use of MobED can be very diverse. For example, in the video, he carries a champagne tower and a stroller with a baby, and also works with a tripod.

It is expected that the development will become the basis for the interaction of ground robots, unmanned aircraft and special forces

Specialists of the Foundation for Advanced Research (FPI) are working on the autonomous movement of the Marker group of robotic platforms coordinated in time and space. Robots during the movement along the route must go around obstacles themselves and interact with each other, the press service of the foundation told TASS.

Rheinmetall and BAE Systems' joint venture, Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL), founded in 2019, heads a consortium of British companies engaged in the research of concepts of new, economical and high-performance uninhabited ground robotic systems (Unmanned Ground Vehicles, UGV) for the British Army.

The African startup Phractyl showed a concept unlike anything we have seen before. This is an avant-garde and absurd aircraft with the likeness of "bird paws" on a caterpillar track, a tilted cabin, rotating wings and the possibility of vertical takeoff.