Tag Archive for Robitics

| February 17, 2014
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IDF’s newest American recruit, the Talon – The perfect tunnel explorer

Lean, mean, & great in small dark places, the IDF’s elite engineering unit presents Talon, a new American robot recruit.

By Yoav Zitun

 

The IDF’s newest recruit is a versatile little American who proved he can handle himself on the battlefields of Iraq. Drafted for use in the dangerous tunnels on the Gaza Strip border, the Foster-Miller military robot Talon 4 will be deployed instead of soldiers to reduce risks to troops.

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IDF’s newest American recruit, the Talon – screenshot

“We don’t rush to put fighters in tunnels,” explains members of Yahalom, the IDF’s Special Operations Engineering Unit. For this reason, this Wall-E lookalike is expected to be a hit with the unit’s members. Continue Reading »

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| December 2, 2012
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BGU is the only foreign university to develop software for US robot.

Ben-Gurion University has been given an American grant to develop control software for a disaster-response military operations robot.

 

 

The US government’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is responsible for the development of new technologies for use by the military. The agency at the Department of Defense, which has been responsible for funding the development of many technologies that have had a major effect on the world, also finances a “Robotics Challenge.” Now Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheba has become the only foreign university chosen to lead a team on a track to develop control software for the DARPA robot. Continue Reading »

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