Tag: DARPA
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Darpa’s Future Tanks Will Use Stealth And Augumented Reality HUD Displays
The american defence agency DARPA is working to replace current heavy tanks by light and agile fighting vehicles. The tank armor will be replaced by stealth technology. The driver will use augmented reality to identify hazards and targets in real time. These ideas are in concept phase only and have to be converted into a reality. …
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Soft Exosuit: DARPA To Develop A Light Weight Fabric Exoskeleton
The United States Agency for defence research projects, DARPA, has awarded a grant of $ 2.9 million to the Wyss Institute at Harvard for the development of a fabric exoskeleton. The Wyss Institute, specializing in Bio-inspired Engineering at Harvard University, has been awarded a grant under the program Web Warrior to develop the combat uniform for future…
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ATLAS: The MIT’s Humanoid Robot Can Carry A Heavy Beam
The MIT’s humanoid robot ATLAS is making considerable progress. This impressive biped is able to take up a metal beam and carry it. The site Gizmodo has given it the title “Humanoid robot ATLAS advances and reaches the level of a lazy teenager“. Apart from this humorous title, watching the video just released by the MIT team, we can say…
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Sniper Bullet That Can Change Its Direction Mid-Flight By DARPA
DARPA has revealed a sniper bullet which can change it’s direction mid-flight. DARPA has also revealed a footage showing the successful launching of .50 caliber bullets. A project namely EXACTO was started with an aim to make the snipers’ accuracy more exact. DARPA was working on the project since last few months. Snipers are well-known for the…
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LS3: Google’s Mule Robot Field Tested In RIMPAC 2014 By US Marines
LS3 is the mule robot developed by DARPA which was later acquired by Google. We had not seen any new performance of the robot since 2013. However, during RIMPAC, the quadruped robot was first tested in real conditions by US Military. Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) is held every two years on American soil in…
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US Military Developing Gecko Inspired Gloves To Climb Walls
Climbing up the vertical walls is no longer an issue as US military is under-way to develop some gloves that can help you out in this regard. The anticipated gloves are inspired by gecko’s feet. A special type of cloth called Geckskin is used in the manufacturing of these cool gloves. The gloves adhere to the…
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ARC4: A Google Glass Like Augmented Reality System For Soldiers
An augmented reality system has been recently revealed by US army which provides live update to the soldiers about the situation battlefield. The technology is called ARC4 which allows the captain or commander of the soldiers to send them instructions and other information like maps on the soldier’s vision. The interesting gadget introduced by the…
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Robot PETMAN Walks Like Humans Wearing Human Clothes (Video)
The American company Boston Dynamics has been building the PETMAN (Protection Ensemble Test Mannequin) for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for last many years. Previously, we have been seeing the videos of headless PETMAN Robot trying to imitate humans in the jobs like doing push-ups, walking, squatting, climbing stairs, stretching and self balancing when…