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National Defense May 2008 Stew Magnuson	Navy to Field a Family of Next-Generation Bomb Disposal Robots The Navy will field a family of bomb disposal robots to replace the ad hoc commercial systems being used in Iraq and Afghanistan today.
IEEE Spectrum August 2011 Lora G. Weiss	Autonomous Robots in the Fog of War Networks of autonomous robots will someday transform warfare, but significant hurdles remain.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2008	Northrop Grumman Selects Cubic Data Link Systems for U.S. Navy MQ-8B Fire Scout Each Fire Scout data link system comprises two components, air data terminals and ground data terminals, both of which assist in the Fire Scout's ISR (intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance) and targeting missions.
National Defense July 2011 Grace V. Jean	Ground Robots Coming of Age With Expanding Missions It's an exciting time for ground robots as they get more integrated into operations.
National Defense October 2015 Stew Magnuson	Bomb Squads Need the Best Tools Available Bomb squads -- both military and civilian -- deserve and need the very best technologies the nation can offer them.
Popular Mechanics April 17, 2009 Erik Sofge	Robotic Task Force: A Two-Robot, Bomb-Defusing, Riot-Controlling, Firefighting Team Segway presented two robots at Robobusiness 2009 that can defuse dirty bombs, take on riots and fight fires, giving their operators comfortable distance from dangerous situations.
National Defense October 2007 Grace Jean	Robot Controllers Free Operators to Handle Weapons Several companies have developed technologies that untether troops from immobile controllers and give them the ability to hold their weapons and multitask while commanding their robots.
National Defense June 2015 Allyson Versprille	Bomb Squad Robots Taking Human Form Bombs squads across the United States are seeking robots that resemble the human form as servicemen and first responders face situations where more dexterity and flexibility are needed, said industry and law enforcement leaders.
National Defense May 2008 Stew Magnuson	Ground Robots' Place in Military At Risk, Experts Warn With the success of explosive ordnance disposal robots in Iraq and Afghanistan, one might assume that "mechanical soldiers" are here to stay. But that might not be the case.
National Defense December 2011 Stew Magnuson	Company Introduces Low-Cost Checkpoint Security Robot A startup is offering a small robot that can perform under vehicle inspections more thoroughly than the traditional stick-and-mirror system employed at checkpoints.
National Defense January 2015 Sarah Sicard	Military Joint Ground Robot Programs Face Increased Scrutiny With tightening budgets and one high-profile program delayed by several years, ground robot acquisitions are coming under increasing congressional scrutiny, officials who oversee procurement of the technology said recently.
National Defense May 2013 Valerie Insinna	Opportunities for Non-Military Robots Increase In the last decade, the U.S. military poured money into unmanned ground systems to help protect troops against improvised explosive devices, but the Defense Department won't need all those robots once the war in Afghanistan comes to a close.
Popular Mechanics December 4, 2007 Erik Sofge	First Firefighting Robots Deployed, Could Spark Autonomous Dept. Bomb-squad bots are already a common tool for local law enforcement agencies and the military, but remote-controlled firefighters are just now making it into the field.
National Defense November 2013 Stew Magnuson	Boston Attack Highlights Bomb Squad Shortfalls The nation's 466 bomb squads have urgent needs for robots that can help them do their jobs, said a leading expert in counter-improvised explosive device technologies. The problem is that they don't have much money to upgrade their systems.
Popular Mechanics October 30, 2008 Erik Sofge	Recon Scout Robot to Assist Guards in California Prisons California's Department of Corrections recently agreed to test throwable robots that aren't much larger than hand grenades to help guards handle hostile situations.
National Defense April 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Defense Dept. Forecasts Greater Use of Robots in Ground Combat Officials who oversee robot technology development at the Defense Department say it is just the beginning.
National Defense February 2012 Stew Magnuson	Robot-Makers Ponder Next Moves as Wars Wind Down The end of the nearly nine-year war closed one chapter for a technology that came into its own during the conflict.
National Defense October 2014 Stew Magnuson	Slow Pace of Robot Acquisition Programs Frustrates End Users End users of explosive ordnance disposal robots said at a recent conference that the Pentagon's procurement process is clearly not working for them.
National Defense March 2010 Stew Magnuson	Navy to Do Without Prime Contractors On New Bomb Disposal Robots The Navy this year will begin constructing its next-generation of explosive ordnance disposal robots.
National Defense August 2015 Jon Harper	Market for Ground Robots Poised for a Turnaround The market for ground robots is set to expand as technology advancements give the machines greater utility on the battlefield and elsewhere, according to defense officials and industry experts.
National Defense April 2015 Valerie Insinna	Robot Puts Out Shipboard Fires Another possibility currently under development is sending robots to find and put out fires aboard Navy ships.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2004	Makers of ground robots ask for better sensors and communication links Troops in Iraq are in desperate need of unmanned ground systems (UGSs) to dispose of land mines and booby traps.
National Defense February 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	U.S. May Lose Robotics Edge Unmanned weapons systems have been hailed as revolutionary technologies that have helped U.S. forces gain an edge in recent wars. But the United States may soon see that advantage evaporate.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2005 Ben Ames	Sandia researchers set sights on battlefield robots Now researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M., are building systems that combine the strengths of humans and robots.
National Defense December 2013 Stew Magnuson	Simulator to Help Developers Push Robotics Technology Forward A simulator intended to give robot makers a hand during a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contest is expected to remain an integral part of how developers design the machines in the future.
National Defense October 2012 Stew Magnuson	Ground Troops Demanding Smaller Robotic Systems Whether they are in the air or on the ground, small robots are increasingly becoming a vital part of a platoon's tactics, techniques and procedures.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2004	Unmanned vehicles: one of the hottest technologies going Unmanned air, ground, and underwater vehicles are finding important new niches in military and aerospace applications.
PC Magazine January 29, 2004 Sebastian Rupley	Racy Robots Military aircraft inspired the slick-looking designs for a new line of robots from start-up company White Box Robotics. Unlike the predetermined features in most robots, White Box's robots will be designed to let each owner choose what his robot will do.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2005 Ben Ames	Smaller Sensors Make Unmanned Vehicles Smarter Army researchers are now developing another part of FCS-an armed robotic vehicle (ARV) that uses autonomous sensors and weapons to minimize soldiers' battlefield exposure.
IEEE Spectrum March 2013 Lucas Laursen	Robot to Human: "Trust Me" Rescue robots respond to operator stress levels
Popular Mechanics August 2008 Erik Sofge	New Military Robots to Face Off in Two Summer Contests Singapore and the United Kingdom are staging robotics competitions this August to develop their own autonomous war machines.
National Defense November 2009 Stew Magnuson	Debate Over Rules, Legality of Robots On The Battlefield Lagging, Experts Say As researchers push ahead with algorithms designed to give robots more autonomy, ethicists and legal minds warn that not enough thought is being given to the implications of using unmanned systems to apply lethal force.
National Defense March 2010 Stew Magnuson	DARPA to Take on Major New Robotics Initiative The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announced a major new initiative to create robotic autonomous manipulators that mimic the human hands, an agency program manager said.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2009 John Keller	The time has come for military ground robots Military robots for ground applications are coming into their own as U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) leaders are increasing their reliance on unmanned ground vehicles.
Popular Mechanics September 19, 2008 Wayne Ma	TechX Contest Preps Non-Superpower Military Bots for Urban War On the heels of the United Kingdom's Grand Challenge in August, TechX teams have been taking their cue from the United States' DARPA challenges model to begin levelling the urban warfare playing field.
National Defense March 2008 Stew Magnuson	For Now, Lethal Robots Not Likely to Run on Auto-Pilot Bart Everett, technical director for robots at the Navy's space and naval warfare systems center, acknowledged that the military isn't ready for the next generation of mechanized soldiers.
National Defense October 2013 Stew Magnuson	Reconnaissance Robots' Place on Battlefields Still Unsettled The fact that soldiers and Marines want small robots to perform reconnaissance and surveillance in battle zones -- particularly urban environments where they can be used to peer into buildings and around corners -- has been established.
National Defense December 2010 Stew Magnuson	Proponents Hope 'Rodeo' Can Move Army Ground Robots Forward Representatives of some 50 companies, service research labs and universities gathered at Fort Benning, Georgia to show off the state of their art at the second annual Robotics Rodeo.
Technology Research News December 31, 2003 Smalley & Patch	Bots, humans play together Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University are betting that putting humans and robots on the same soccer team will encourage the kind of cooperation that leads to understanding.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2007	U.S. Army Officers Select Cubic Virtual Training Systems for Use in Iraq, Afghanistan Officers at the U.S. Army's Program Executive Office for Simulation and Training Instrumentation (PEO STRI) use Cubic's Engagement Skills Trainer 2000 (EST 2000) small arms training system.
IndustryWeek October 1, 2007 John Teresko	Meet the New Robots The latest generation of robots offers performance advances, growing integration of vision and an enlarging capability to transform manufacturing.
National Defense March 2007 Stew Magnuson	Navy Begins Work on Next-Generation Bomb Disposal Robot Robots have been credited with saving countless lives in Iraq and Afghanistan. In light of this success, the Navy has embarked on an ambitious program to build its next generation of counter-explosives machines.
National Defense April 2009 Robert H. Williams	Stealthy, Small Robot Tracks Enemy Day or Night A tiny, mobile surveillance robot that can be thrown through windows or over walls has been outfitted with infrared sensors so that it can spot bad guys in the dark.
National Defense January 2016 Sandra I. Erwin	The Rise of the Machines? ... Not So Fast Robots working in tandem with troops are said to be the next big thing in defense technology.
Popular Mechanics February 25, 2010 Joe Pappalardo	Band of Bots: Two Military Robots Team Up to Cover Land and Air In war, teamwork is everything, even if you're a robot. Just as human soldiers and airmen support each other, teams of robots will likely roam future battlefields, helping each other on missions.
National Defense March 2009 Stew Magnuson	Reverse Engineering the Brain May Accelerate Robotics Research Machines that walk upright will assist civilians and the military alike, said Stefan Schaal, associate professor of computer science and neuroscience at the University of Southern California.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2009 Courtney E. Howard	iRobis Infuses Robots with Cognition The digital battlefield of the future could be closer than we anticipated, as scientists continue to make headway in the design and development of autonomous robots.
National Defense October 2009 Stew Magnuson	Failure To Field The Right Robots Costs Lives, General Says The lives of 122 soldiers would have been saved if the right robots had been in place, said the commanding general of the Army's 3rd Armored Corps, at a recent industry conference.
InternetNews April 4, 2006 Tim Scannell	The Next Battlefront For Robots Military robots may be at the front lines, but researchers are now looking at ways to use them to improve medicine and elder lifestyles.