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Eyes on the Skies
No question about it, Toto and Auntie Em could have used a few extra minutes to find Dorothy and get into the storm cellar. When severe weather sweeps through an area, every second of warning time is critical. More time equals more lives saved — the equation is that simple. A unique partnership has...
February 06, 2002
High Tech Sky Tech
Move over, Buck Rogers. Soon there may be a war-time battlefield where nary a human combatant is in view, but one in which swarms of unmanned, unattended, and untethered drones on the ground, in the air, and underwater are doing everything that is normally seen in a hostile combat zone: surveillance...
May 30, 2002
Office of Naval Research Selected to Lead Technical Management of Vital New Joint Training Program
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has been selected by the Pentagon to manage a critical, one-of-a-kind futuristic training program in which warfighters would train here at home in preparation for the types of small, urban and borderless conflicts that have spread throughout the middle east and other regions of the world.
January 30, 2009
Advancing Autonomy: Students Compete for International Maritime Dominance
Fifteen teams from three continents met on the beaches of Honolulu, Hawaii, last week for the 2018 Maritime RobotX Challenge, co-sponsored by ONR.
December 19, 2018
Students Push Ocean Robotics Envelope in New Global Game
College students from around the world will have a hand in shaping the future of ocean robotics as they compete in the first Maritime RobotX Challenge, which kicks off this week in Singapore.
January 01, 2014
Twelve Finalists Share More Than $1 Million in ONR STEM Challenge Funding
The Office of Naval Research announced the winners of the 2011 Sponsoring Scholars in Science challenge Dec. 15, 2011.
January 01, 2011
Snakes, Robots, and the War on Terrorism
It's mighty daunting to be called a " brilliant young innovator" whose " work and ideas are apt to change the world…a visitor from the future, living among us here and now." Talk about pressure. But that's exactly what MIT's Technology Review Magazine called Howie Choset, mechanical engineer and...
November 01, 2002
ONR Robotics Enter the COVID-19 Fight
A decontamination robot sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and designed by several local universities was recently tested in Richmond, Va. The robot—initially designed for shipboard firefighting and maintenance tasks—has now been enlisted in the fight against Covid-19.
October 19, 2020
Building a Better Grunt: ONR-Sponsored Technology to Lighten Marines' Loads
The Office of Naval Research has presented the Marine Corps with a 3-D computer simulation program that measures equipment weight, distribution and effects on individual warfighter performance.
June 08, 2015
Special Delivery: Marines Dial Up Faster Logistics at Tech Demo
Marines in Hawaii recently demonstrated that handheld devices and automation software could speed delivery of critical supplies to the front lines and even help planners determine when and where items will be needed ahead of time.
January 01, 2014