The defense industry builds technology, weapons, and systems that protect nations and shape modern military power.
Norinco Group, the Chinese defense manufacturing giant, is training humanoid robots to become next-generation riot control officers as Beijing tightens its grip on public dissent.
The US military has officially begun field testing humanoid robots as the race to replace soldiers with machines escalates globally.
Foundation Future Industries sent me a cease-and-desist after I reported on the company’s claims about Department of War funding and humanoid robot deployments in Ukraine.
Foundation Future Industries’ military claims just got a lot bigger, with the robotics startup boasting about tens of millions of dollars in Pentagon funding and saying that its humanoids have already seen combat.
The humanoid robotics sector has its own urban legends that rarely get debunked. The companies building the robots have little incentive to pushback on them so I will.
Sparks flew, quite literally, as Beijing became the center of a rapidly accelerating global robotics race that just entered a new phase.
The Trump Administration just dropped the hammer on the wave of Chinese robots stepping onto US soil.
It is remarkable how readily major news outlets repeat Foundation Future Industries’ claims about military contracts that are a matter of public record.
Skyborne Technologies’ killer robodog just moved closer to the frontline in a new US military testing program.
The Ohio-based startup Path Robotics just introduced its robot dog welder to help build next-gen warships.
The German startup SWARM Biotactics is pushing cyborg cockroaches into the defense sector.