Chinese scientists develop a wearable human-robot device enabling soldiers to carry heavy loads in rugged terrain.
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Rise of the AI Soldiers

The Phantom MK-1 looks the part of an AI soldier. Encased in jet black steel with a tinted glass visor, it conjures a visceral dread far beyond what may be evoked by your typical humanoid robot. And ...
It has emerged that Foundation, a San Francisco-based US company, handed over two Phantom MK-1 humanoid soldier robots to Ukraine in February.
Robot soldiers are now operating in Ukraine's combat zones as the Phantom MK-1 humanoids mark the arrival of autonomous warfare technology.
The Army Research Laboratory is exploring new applications of AI designed to better enable forward-operating robot “tanks” to acquire targets, discern and organize war-crucial information, surveil ...
On the front lines in Ukraine, unmanned systems are now being used not only for reconnaissance and logistics but also in ...
Social by nature, humans interact in multiple ways—through voice, vision and touch. Reflecting these humanistic qualities, robotic capabilities are improving, and as such, human-robot interaction will ...
Way back during Covid (the longest five years ago), Hyundai spent a pretty penny to purchase Boston Dynamics—the company that has been teasing us with increasingly life-like (life-adjacent might be ...
Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called Inside the Lab, which gives audiences a first-hand look at the research laboratories at the University of Chicago and the scholars who are tackling some ...