An Alabama company has built one of the most ginormous robots the Army could ever want: a mini-tank that drives itself. Now to sell the Army on a bomb-fighting 'bot the ground service actually once ...
Nature is, of course, the master engineer—been there, seen it, solved it. While we struggle to design buildings that don't ...
The Reachy Mini is an exciting new desktop robot aimed primarily at developers, educators, students, and enthusiasts, or basically anyone interested in creative coding. There are actually two of them ...
With its small footprint and ability to navigate narrow spaces without getting stuck, the SwitchBot K10+ is a great solution for apartment dwellers, but its mopping system is only suited for light ...
In the mid-1930s, sci-fi legend Hugo Gernsback predicted that manned flame tanks would one day become a reality. A decade later, Gernsback would revisit his prediction with one important twist—the ...
CES is a time for companies to announce the latest and greatest technology, and Samsung is making the most of it with the launch of the Samsung JetBot 90, a miniature tank-like robot vacuum, and the ...
The Kalashnikov Concern is the biggest name in assault rifles. Its AK-47 is the most widespread weapon in the world with more than a hundred million made. In recent years the company has diversified ...
Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. MIT's ...
Hurricane Harvey battered the energy sector along the Texas Gulf Coast, exposing weaknesses with petroleum storage tanks that frame the Houston Ship Channel. The most common problems were roof ...
In a historic first, the Army conducted a live fire exercise with a remote-controlled ground combat vehicle armed with a .50-caliber machine gun. It plans to conduct more exercises with more heavily ...
In the near futures, the U.S. Army plans to deploy packs of semi-autonomous robot tanks armed to the brim with chainguns, missiles, and other fearsome weaponry. Two classes of these Robotic Combat ...
Pity the poor tank. As if armored fighting vehicles didn’t have enough problems, from missiles and rockets to IEDs lurking in the dirt. Now they are going to be hunted by anti-tank robots. A prototype ...