Almost One In Three U.S. Warplanes Is a Robot
Only six years ago, drones represented barely 5 percent of the U.S. military’s thousands of airplanes. But a new report for Congress, acquired by Danger Room, marks a huge uptick in the flying, spying, deadly robots: now, 31 percent of the military’s airfleet are drones, some 7500 machines. So why’s the Pentagon spending so much more money on the planes with people in them?
NASA Wants to Power Robots With Microbes
At the US Naval Research Laboratory, space roboticists are investigating the feasibility of building an army of tiny, autonomous robots — each powered by bacteria — to explore the solar system.
Searching the Sea for Scum-Busting Cholera Killers
Bacteria-scanning robots have helped researchers discover scum-busting chemicals that could potentially cut rates of cholera infection. The robots are part of an award-winning system developed at the University of California, Santa Cruz that fuses fast-paced automatic screening techniques and neon bacteria with undersea hunts for new disease-fighting bugs.
Searching the Sea for Scum-Busting Cholera Killers
Bacteria-scanning robots have helped researchers discover scum-busting chemicals that could potentially cut rates of cholera infection. The robots are part of an award-winning system developed at the University of California, Santa Cruz that fuses fast-paced automatic screening techniques and neon bacteria with undersea hunts for new disease-fighting bugs.