Robotics news

An air defense robot is planned to be created on the basis of the Uran-9 strike robotic complex, which is entering service with the Russian army, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.

The US Army has signed a contract with re2 Robotics to develop a robotic arm for refueling AH-64 Apache attack helicopters in combat. The robot arm will autonomously bring the refueling gun to the filler neck of the tank and independently determine when the helicopter has received enough fuel.

When the Cassini mission explored Titan from the orbit of Saturn, scientists received a lot of new information, but each answer gave rise to a dozen new questions. To answer some of them, in 2019, NASA approved the development of the Dragonfly research vehicle (Dragonfly). It will not be possible to make it universal, so the other day we decided on the priority goal of the mission – it will be the search for life in any form.

At the Mulino training ground, servicemen of the separate engineer-sapper regiment of the 6th Combined Arms Army of the Western Military District (ZVO) for the first time used the Uran-6 robotic complex. He was involved in a tactical exercise at a special training ground designed to train the actions of troops in urban conditions.

South Korean engineers have developed a new and relatively inexpensive technology of active camouflage using heat-sensitive pigments.

The Pentagon reported that by 2030, units of combat robots resembling the "Ghost Army" of the Second World War, commanded by General George Patton, will be formed in the American army. The "ghost Army" consisted of fake equipment and soldiers disguised as foreign troops and was intended to mislead the enemy.

The American army is preparing to release robots on the battlefield. On August 5, the press service of the US Army reported that the first fire tests of a combat vehicle created under the RCV-M program were conducted at the training ground of the Fort Dix military base (New Jersey).

On Friday, at a meeting with employees of the Krasmash enterprise in Krasnoyarsk, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told how technological progress has affected the quality of the Russian Armed Forces.

The report that Russian engineers are engaged in automating the rocket artillery system has caused serious concern in the United States.

The head of NASA, Bill Nelson, during the conference on the operation of the International Space Station (ISS), said that the addition of the Russian module "Science" to the ISS will contribute to the development of cooperation between the Russian Federation and the United States.

Promising developments and advanced technologies in the field of robotics, as well as elements of military equipment for military personnel, are presented to experts and the scientific community at the site of the Military Innovative Technopolis "ERA".

The EU countries will lose about 10.9 billion euros annually due to their own new law on the regulation of artificial intelligence, CNBC writes.

The two-legged robot Cassie managed to walk five kilometers on a single battery charge, said American engineers from the University of Oregon and the company Agility Robotics. When walking around the stadium, he spent a little less than 44 minutes and never fell, and when driving around the university campus, he overcame this distance in 53 minutes, in the process he fell twice, because of which the engineers had to return him to normal mode.

Hybrid production systems allow you to simultaneously increase the shape using laser spraying, and remove excess by the traditional milling process. As a result, in one process, you can first create a rough blank, characteristic of additive manufacturing,and then bring it to perfection by processing parts on a CNC machine.

The release of the Tesla Semi truck will be delayed until 2022. This is reported by the publication Business Insider. The failure of the start of production of an electric truck is associated with problems with the supply chain and limited availability of battery cells.

The director of production of the corporation Valery Teplov said that a modern site for the production of disks is being formed in the workshop No. 43 of the Moscow PC "Salyut"

The United Engine Corporation (UEC, part of the Rostec state Corporation) will robotize the section of turbine disks of aircraft engines by 2023. This was reported to TASS by the director of production of the corporation Valery Teplov.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin visited the enterprise on July 28

The new Checkmate fifth-generation single-engine fighter will be assembled at the Gagarin Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Factory (KnAAZ), which is a branch of PJSC Sukhoi Company, said Yuri Slyusar, General Director of the United Aircraft Corporation.

The Southern Marine Scientific and Technical Laboratory of Guangdong Province has started the construction of an autonomous research vessel. It should be a floating base that coordinates drones in the air, on the water and under water. According to the Central Television of China, the ship is planned to be put into operation next year.

More than 8 thousand servicemen are taking part in special exercises of the engineering troops, which are held in preparation for the joint strategic exercise "West-2021", the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on Tuesday.

The American magazine The National Interest has recognized the new Russian submarine K-329 Belgorod, equipped with Poseidon unmanned vehicles, as the most advanced submarine of the Russian Navy.