Robots
![BIONICS](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161110031400im_/http://science.dodlive.mil/files/2016/10/BIONICS-183x108.jpg)
The University of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Revolutionizing Prosthetics program, has developed a technology that allows someone to experience the sensation of touch directly in the brain through a neural interface system connected to a robotic arm.
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![The image highlights the high density of nanoclusters of various sizes. Dr. Kristopher A. Darling, a materials scientist with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, published findings in the journal Nature describing the unexpected strength of copper nanostructures at high temperatures. (Photo Credit: David McNally, ARL Public Affairs)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161110031400im_/http://science.dodlive.mil/files/2016/09/size0-2-183x108.jpg)
At the Army Research Laboratory, scientists are on the hunt for nano-materials that could improve engine technology in a big way.
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![A mobile detection assessment response system patrols the perimeter of an airfield in Djibouti, July 9, 2016. It is an automated patrol vehicle able to navigate paths and detect threats in the vicinity. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161110031400im_/http://science.dodlive.mil/files/2016/08/160708-F-VH066-079-183x108.jpg)
DoD is examining whether or not autonomous robots and vehicles are ethically sound and how they could possibly help service members.
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![CYBERSECURITY](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161110031400im_/http://science.dodlive.mil/files/2016/08/CYBERSECURITY-1-183x108.jpg)
The world’s first all-machine hacking tournament wasn’t the answer to all cybersecurity problems, DARPA officials said, but it was a big step forward in a technical area where the Defense Department’s research arm aims to stir up a revolution.
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![SUPREMACY](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161110031400im_/http://science.dodlive.mil/files/2016/08/SUPREMACY-1-183x108.jpg)
Forty-six teams competed in this year’s event-sponsored by the Office of Naval Research and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International Foundation.
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The future of naval engineering was on display last week, as 13 teams of high school and college students did battle at the ninth annual RoboBoat Competition in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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![And 2](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161110031400im_/http://science.dodlive.mil/files/2016/07/And-21-183x108.jpg)
DARPA’s all-machine hacking tournament sets the stage for network-speed cybersecurity by computers that look at all the bits all the time.
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![ROBOTS (1)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161110031400im_/http://science.dodlive.mil/files/2016/06/ROBOTS-1-183x108.jpg)
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created an artificial intelligence software program named Quixote to teach robots to read stories, learn acceptable behavior and understand successful ways to conduct themselves in diverse social situations.
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