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Jessica Tozer: Before I relinquish the chair for the final time, I wanted to write you all a final farewell, and a final thanks. Science (always) matters!
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Robots utilize their advanced sensing and reasoning capabilities to further their agenda in this episode of Robot Secrets Revealed (a Naval Research Lab production).
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Hey, anyone need a river simulation tool?  I know an organization lookin’ to license one out… The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has developed a river simulation tool (RST) that performs automated extraction of riverine features from imagery. My first thought here …
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Photo slideshow by Ian Graham Photo montage depicting the Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research (LASR), a part of the Naval Research Laboratory, where they’re working toward creating viable solutions for problems service members might actually face. One of these is …
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By Jessica L. Tozer Admittedly, the initial idea of a robot with a face conjures up memories of every single SciFi robot movie I’ve ever seen.  Usually involving humans fleeing in terror as the autonomous voice screams “kill, kill” while shooting …
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We just returned from a demonstration and tour of the U.S. Navy Research Laboratory’s Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research (LASR, for short) — in layman’s terms, the NRL’s robotics lab. There’s a lot going on there, from realistic climate testing …
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