US Navy Developing App-Summoned Robotic Helicopter

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday January 12, 2012 @11:59AM from the johnny-copter dept.

Zothecula writes "We may be closer to the day when United States Marines will, within a matter of minutes, use a handheld app to summon robotic helicopters to deliver battlefield supplies. On Tuesday, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) announced its five-year, US$98 million Autonomous Aerial Cargo Utility System (AACUS) program, with the specific aim of developing 'sensors and control technologies for robotic vertical take-off and landing aircraft.'" Last month we covered NATO's robotic helicopter, the K-MAX.

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Re:Robots by peragrin · 2012-01-12 12:16 · Score: 3, Interesting

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Just remember drones can be jammed, intercepted, or hacked. It is a whole lot harder to hack mark one eyeballs remotely.

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