Robotics news

Robotic equipment for high-precision welding was put into operation at the Samara enterprise "UEC-Kuznetsov", the press service of the United Engine Corporation reported.

Miniature drones will be little distinguishable from insects. On March 2, the press service of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) revealed a new development — a miniature flying robot with insect wings.

The American company SkyMule has shown tests of a drone that helps builders prepare rebar for pouring concrete. It independently flies over the laid rebar and binds the bars, saving workers ' time.

"Armata" will become a real headquarters on the battlefield. The Ministry of Defense is developing a system for using the latest T-14 tanks. It is planned to form separate regiments and battalions from them, as well as send them to already created military units. Thanks to the unique automated control system, commanders with the help of" Armata " will be able to control other combat vehicles in real time.

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have entered the race for the introduction of AI in the field of defense

By 2030, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates plan to develop military artificial intelligence technologies to a level that can help their economies reduce their dependence on oil sales. How the introduction of such technologies will affect the defense capabilities of the two states - in the material of "Gazeta.Ru».

In Russia, tests of the deep-sea multi-purpose modular autonomous uninhabited vehicle "Aurora"have begun.

The American company Erickson in 2022 will begin flight tests of an optional manned version of the S-64F+ Air Crane heavy transport helicopter. According to AINonline, flight tests of the machine are planned to be completed within two years, and from 2024 to start delivering the first S-64F+ to customers. Erickson intends to offer the new helicopter to both private companies and the military.

The leadership of Europe is lost between ignorance of recent events and long-standing stereotypes, writes Xavier Rofe in the French edition of Atlantico.

A remote-controlled combat module guarding the launch position of an intercontinental ballistic missile in the Kozelsky division of the Strategic Missile Forces near Kaluga has been shown on video for the first time. The story from the rocket compound was released on the TV channel "Zvezda".

The only Russian manufacturer of tanks, the Uralvagonzavod concern (UVZ, Rostec), is developing robotic combat vehicles, which should appear in the near future.

Russia is radically changing the rules of air warfare. For strategic bombers, advanced fighters and drones, the latest hypersonic weapons are already being developed. And drones and planes are taught to fly and perform combat missions together. Anton Lavrov, a columnist for Izvestia, has been looking into how the new products will change the nature of military operations and how this will affect the confrontation with the enemy.

The European Defense Agency (EDA) has launched a project to develop a swarm of autonomous all-terrain vehicles ARTUS (Autonomous Rough-terrain Transport UGV Swarm) launch event. Ground-based unmanned military vehicles are supposed to be combined with the help of artificial intelligence

Experts evaluated the chances of success of the NASA spacecraft mission

The Mars rover Perseverance, which successfully landed on the surface of the Earth's neighbor yesterday, should make the first controlled drone flight on another planet, find traces of life there, water on the surface and under it, and take panoramic pictures.

Industrial Director of the Rostec weapons complex Bekhan Ozdoev-about the future of combat drones, the prospects of Armata and the latest Kalashnikov assault rifles

The past year 2020 has also been a difficult one for the Russian military-industrial complex. Bekhan Ozdoev, industrial director of the armament complex of the Rostec State Corporation, told Izvestia about how the coronavirus epidemic affected the implementation of international contracts and state defense orders, whether Armata will become unmanned and when domestic kamikaze attack drones will appear.

The robot battle tank can be created on the Armata heavy tracked platform, but it will not be mass-produced, said Bekhan Ozdoev, industrial director of the Rostec weapons complex.

The rarefied atmosphere of Mars is one of the main challenges that the Ingenuity helicopter will face as part of the Perseverance rover mission. This was told to Izvestia by space expert, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics (RAK) Andrey Ionin on Thursday, February 18.

Against the background of the just concluded agreement on the extension of the START-3 treaty, experts in the field of arms control, as well as the creators of strategic systems themselves, react very painfully to the stuffing of information and the publication of dubious, anonymous sources, information about what programs are being built in Russia, prepared for adoption or already put into combat.

The underwater unmanned vehicle "Sarma" will be prepared for mass production in 2024. It can be used for cargo transportation, maintenance of surveillance systems and lighting under the ice.

The Belgorod submarine is one of the most ambitious shipbuilding projects in the country

The special-purpose submarine "Belgorod" is preparing to go to sea for the first time. As sources in the military department told Izvestia, the world's longest submarine has a high degree of factory readiness.

Two experimental zones should appear in May

Russia will start testing joint flights of planes and drones. In Tomsk and in the Tver Region, two experimental territories should appear in May, where different types of aircraft will be able to move. They will be bred in the space of a special system.