Digital Government
The Military’s Superfast Bird Drone
The Defense Department’s mad scientists show how to make superfast, light-weight drones.
Artificial Intelligence
The Army Has Made a Robot Cockroach
Biologically inspired robot bugs could be the next big thing in intelligence collection.
Artificial Intelligence
Should We Fear an AI Arms Race?
Five reasons the benefits of defense-related artificial intelligence research outweigh the risks—for now.
Emerging Tech
What’s More Difficult Than Building Robotic Hands? Building Robotic Fingers.
These digits can lift fragile objects, even if they're heavy.
Emerging Tech
Speed Dialer Aims to Profit off IRS' Terrible Customer Service
Software helps route paying customer to a breathing person within 1 to 6 minutes at an IRS call center notorious for its lengthy hold times.
Artificial Intelligence
New Competition Seeks Robots That Can Handle a To-Do List
NIST is looking for a way to evaluate a robot's agility before it gets deployed on a factory floor.
Digital Government
Smart Bombs, Swarmbots and Miniature Railguns: The New Weapons the Pentagon Says It Needs
Defense secretary lays out his vision for the next decade’s killer capabilities in 2017 budget preview.
Digital Government
How Will Managers Deal with Robot Employees?
Many industries are already incorporating artificial intelligence into their daily operations.
Emerging Tech
Robots Could Make the Supreme Court More Transparent
Computer models can determine the authorship of unsigned legal decisions with startling accuracy.
Emerging Tech
Robots Can Now Defend Themselves Against Our Flying Kicks
Humanity seems to be intent on teaching robots how to destroy us.
Emerging Tech
Robots, They’re Just Like Us: Google’s Bot Now Does Mundane Chores
Perhaps in the future, we’ll come home to find our dishes clean, our floors vacuumed,and our surfaces dusted.
Cybersecurity
US Hiring Researchers to See if China’s Military Robots Originate from Hacked Designs
The feds want to know if hacked trade secrets are aiding the rise of an army of Chinese bots.
Emerging Tech
Video: Lego Robots Scoot into Classrooms and Teach Kids How to Code
Coding one brick at a time.
Modernization
Looking for Your Very Own R2-D2? Here Are Robot Sidekicks That Come Close
These bots do more than beep and boop.
Digital Government
Military Wants X-Ray Vision and Tunnel Robots To Fight Terrorists
The Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office has released its wish list for 2016 and beyond.
Emerging Tech
What Color Lightsaber Would Use the Most Energy?
Is R2-D2 battery operated? And other questions pondered by the Energy Department.
Digital Government
The Marines Won’t Be Using Google’s Robot Dogs Because They Fail a Pretty Basic Test
Before we see the robots coming for us, it seems we’ll be able to hear them coming.
Emerging Tech
Disney Is Working on a Gravity-Defying Robot that Can Scale Walls
This takes the term “all-terrain” to a whole other level.
Emerging Tech
18F Is Using a Chatbot Named After Mrs. Landingham from 'The West Wing'
The Slack bot is designed to send messages and reminders to new hires with information about forms, discussions, and the ever-present government jargon.
Artificial Intelligence