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Olympic barbell weights will be used as the drone’s payload for the DARPA Lift Challenge flyoff competition in mid-2026. Credit: DARPA Pentagon neglect played a key role in China gaining global ...

Through its Tactical Technology Office (TTO), DARPA wants to move drones to the next level with its Lift Challenge – a US$6.5-million competition aimed at creating small drones capable of lifting ...

Discover a showcase of groundbreaking agricultural and industrial machines revolutionizing the way we farm and build. From autonomous sprayers like the GUSS and JACTO ARBUS 4000, precision ploughs ...

Explore Yamaha's groundbreaking Motobot, an advanced robot engineered to autonomously ride a high-performance motorcycle. Watch as Motobot uses actuators to precisely control steering, acceleration, ...

Elite athletes clashed with advanced robots in a series of challenges designed by YouTube’s highest-paid star, MrBeast, to determine if machines can surpass human abilities. In the video titled "World ...

The Pentagon’s secretive technology incubator has launched its latest X-plane competition, this time with an eye toward identifying concepts for a highly efficient uncrewed cargo drone. The US Defense ...

DARPA's Lift Challenge aims to develop small uncrewed aircraft systems (drones) capable of carrying up to four times their own weight, a substantial leap from the typical 1:1 payload-to-weight ratio.

The X-65 aircraft, which Aurora Flight Sciences is building for DARPA as part of the CRANE program, will use short air bursts to steer instead of traditional flaps and rudders. But rising costs, ...

Russia’s first humanoid robot with artificial intelligence fell on stage during its official debut at a technology event in Moscow on November 10, prompting staff to cover the machine from public view ...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Microsystems Technology Office awarded Northwestern Engineering’s Jie Gu and co-PIs Yiran Chen (Duke University) and Ramesh Harjani (University of ...