51 news & feature articles results for "afghanistan robot"

Battle tested robots capable of multiple functions.

Posted by Mark Rutherford

Robots are being enlisted for a variety of tasks from military manuevers to keeping an eye on your toddlers.

Posted by Steven Musil

Experimental robots are being tested for a variety of tasks, be it on the battlefield, the the football field or the household.

How long before there's a robot in every home? It's the stuff of science fiction right now, but Colin Angle, co-founder and CEO of iRobot, explains why that future is near.

Posted by Larry Dignan

Machines that can perform tasks usually reserved for humans are finally starting to creep into mainstream society and could become a multibillion-dollar market in a few years.

Posted by CNET Staff

Since conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan began about five years ago, the number of unmanned machines on the ground and in the air has grown manifold.

Posted by Anne Broache

DARPA and Carnegie Mellon University unveil Crusher--a new vehicle in the growing military fleet of robots on wheels.

The Army's Joint Robotics Repair Facility in Baghdad is an "all-volunteer workshop" where the goal is quick turnaround.

Posted by Jonathan Skillings

The aerospace giant and maker of the Roomba will team up to make a Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle for military, law enforcement and other first-responders.

Posted by Erica Ogg

Unmanned robots sold to allied nations such as Israel and the United Kingdom are set to make up approximately 15 percent of the U.S. manufacturer's industrial-division revenues for 2008.

Posted by Candace Lombardi