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What’s that buzzing around the room? A bird? A plane? Nope, it’s just a robotic insect sent by some shadow government to spy on our every move. Yes, welcome to the age of the microdrone. In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Julie and I check in on the current state of militarily drone technology, the rise of biomimetic bird-bots and just how the future may shake out.
Five years ago this concept video was released showing a stealthy drone able to take off from an aircraft carrier, fly its mission without a pilot on board and then land on the carrier again: One advantage of losing the pilot is that the plane can be significantly lighter (no cockpit, ejection seat, oxygen system, [...]
Imagine that you would like to take satellite photos like those seen in Google Earth. The traditional way to do it, obviously, is to launch a satellite. But there are at least five problems with this approach: Satellites themselves are expensive to build Satellites are even more expensive to launch (some estimates put the cost [...]
UAVs, also known as drones, are unmanned aircraft that perform reconnaissance and other specialized missions for the military. In this episode, Ben and Scott discuss the advantages, purpose, operation and controversial nature of unmanned aerial vehicles.
We know that robots are taking over more and more tasks traditionally performed by humans — but assembling cars isn’t the same thing as waging war. In this episode, Allison and Robert explore the current unmanned robots used by the U.S. military.
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