Tag: DARPA
AlphaDogfight trials foreshadow future of human-machine symbiosis
A small Maryland company took first place in August's AlphaDogfight Trials Final event, a three-day competition designed to demonstrate advanced algorithms capable of performing...
Boeing, DARPA to build prototype spaceplane
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency on Wednesday said it will invest up to $146 million in an alliance with Boeing...
DARPA to service satellites in space
Satellites operators have been longing for it for decades, and DARPA (once again?) is turning their dream into reality: on March 25,...
Robotic landing gear could let helicopters land almost anywhere
Helicopters are incredibly maneuverable in the air, but during landing and takeoff their traditional skid- and wheel-based landing gear requires stable, flat...
Guided bullet hits moving targets
DARPA's Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordnance (EXACTO) program, which developed a self-steering bullet to increase hit rates for difficult, long-distance shots, completed in...
Robots learn to perform tasks by watching YouTube videos
Robots can learn to recognize objects and patterns fairly well, but to interpret and be able to act on visual input is...
DARPA has RPGs in the Crosshairs
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded the Mustang Technology Group a $8.1million contract to fit 25 Crosshairs systems...