As early as the Cold War, Uncle Sam was investing funds in robot research to explore how the technology could be an advantage against the Soviet Union. In most cases, robots were thought to be a means ...

When it comes to cutting-edge tech, for every one project that makes its way into our homes as a consumer-facing product, there are likely several equally (or more) innovative projects designed ...

What’s the fastest way to acquire unmanned ground vehicles? Rig your manned vehicles for remote control. At least that’s the pitch from General Dynamics Land Systems. The maker of the Abrams tank and ...

The Army Research Laboratory is exploring new applications of AI designed to better enable forward-operating robot “tanks” to acquire targets, discern and organize war-crucial information, surveil ...

In May 2018, the Russian military revealed it had combat-tested its Uran-9 robot tank in Syria. The diminutive remote-control tank is noted for its formidable gun and missile armament. However, just a ...

Instructables user [IAMTHEBOT] recently finished building his robot which can be controlled by a human using an R/C transmitter, via a PC, or through its built-in object avoidance system. The robot ...

This Japanese-made, remote-controlled tank got tech nerds all excited in 1931. But it wasn’t just because they saw a new toy. Tech-minded folk of the early 1930s also saw a utopian solution to war. A ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The underwhelming combat test in Syria highlights why robot tanks haven’t shown up on the battlefield sooner, despite the component technologies have been available ...