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Police in Spain are using drones to broadcasting messages that urge people to go home and quarantine themselves.

Spanish Police Using Drones to Yell at People Breaking Quarantine

By Dan Robitzski

With a speaker and four microphones, a drone was able to echolocate and map out its surroundings similarly to how bats do it.

Engineers Built a Drone That Echolocates Like a Bat

By Dan Robitzski

A bizarre video shows how Chinese police have started using drones to scream at people who go outside without a safety mask about the coronavirus.

In China, Drones Are Yelling at People About Coronavirus [UPDATED]

By Dan Robitzski

Mysterious Swarms of Giant Drones Have Officials Baffled

Mysterious Swarms of Giant Drones Have Officials Baffled

By Kristin Houser

Criminals are using drones to drop items infected with swine flu on herds of pigs in order to force farmers to sell the animals cheaply.

Chinese Farmers: Criminals Are Using Drones to Infect Our Pigs

By Kristin Houser

Researchers at North Carolina State University are exploring if drones can be used to monitor the growth of Christmas trees in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Farmers Could Use Drones to Grow Better Christmas Trees

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory designed a drone (SQUID) that can be shot high up into the sky using a special cannon.

Watch NASA’s Truck-Mounted Cannon Shoot Drones Into the Sky

By Victor Tangermann

Chilean protestors banded together to disable a hovering police drone using hundreds of consumer laser pointers in a dazzling concerted effort.

Watch Protestors Kill a Drone Using Hundreds of Laser Pointers

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. military is developing non-invasive technology that would allow soldiers to control drones with just their brain.

The Pentagon Wants to Control Drones With Soldiers’ Brain Waves

By Kristin Houser

Startup Anduril has built an anti-drone quadcopter for the U.S. military that kills other drones by slamming into them at 100 miles per hour.

See a Drone Kill Another Drone by Slamming Into It at 100 MPH

By Kristin Houser

The video uploaded by the Russia Defense Ministry shows the unusual combat drone aircraft take off next to a Russian S-57 advanced combat jet.

Watch Russia’s Combat Drone Fly Next to a Fighter Jet

By Victor Tangermann

The FBI arrested a man who used his drone to drop a homemade bomb on his ex's home, potentially heralding a terrifying era of futuristic, violent crimes.

FBI Arrests Man For Bombing Ex’s House With a Drone

By Dan Robitzski

Companies like Postmates that have launched fleets of delivery robots still depend on human operators to occasionally grab the wheel.

Why a Former Military Drone Pilot Now Steers Burrito Delivery Bots

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology invented a glider made out of a special polymer that self-destructs at a certain temperature.

Robots and Machines

This Stealthy Glider Self-Destructs When Exposed to Sunlight

By Victor Tangermann

Don't fly a drone with a weapon attached to it, stupid, warned the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration in a notice released publicly last week.

FAA Reminder: Don’t Fly a Drone With a Weapon Attached to It

By Victor Tangermann

The Air Force built a robot called ROBOpilot that can take off, fly, and land existing planes without help from a human pilot.

Instead of New Drones, the Air Force Built a Plane-Piloting Robot

By Dan Robitzski

A company called Throwflame is about to start selling a $1,500 fully-functional flamethrower attachment for drones on Thursday.

Get Ready: “Flamethrower Drones” Are About to Go on Sale

By Dan Robitzski

A new "flying saucer" drone design uses half the propellers of a typical quadrotor drone, letting it fly for twice as long.

A “Flying Saucer” Design Lets Drones Fly Twice as Long

By Dan Robitzski

That drone that Iran shot down was a super-spy behemoth that carries up to $90 million worth of surveillance equipment while flying for 34 hours at a time.

Before Iran Shot It Down, the US’s $130M Drone Spied on the World

By Dan Robitzski

A tank-like killer robot can navigate and track targets without needing a human operator in the immediate area, but humans still need to pull the trigger.

This Tank-Like Machine Gun Robot Is Straight out Of “Terminator”

By Dan Robitzski

DARPA has officially funded a program to come up with a brain-machine interface headset that could allow soldiers to control drones with their minds.

DARPA Wants Soldiers to Control Drones With Their Thoughts

By Victor Tangermann

A new truck built for the Chinese military is capable of launching up to 12 drones, sort of like a smart, precision artillery strike.

Chinese Military Truck Launches Killer Drones Like Artillery

By Dan Robitzski

The Florida Keys are about to use drones to find and kill mosquitos breeding in remote pools of standing water instead of sending expensive helicopters.

Florida Officials Are Using Drones to Kill Mosquitoes

By Dan Robitzski

Drones’ Batteries Could Last Longer if They Could Perch Like Birds

Drones’ Batteries Could Last Longer if They Could Perch Like Birds

By Victor Tangermann

Russia's new counter-drone technology is a low-cost drone that acts like a battering ram, knocking hostile quadcopters out of the sky.

Russia Built a Battering Ram Drone to Knock Drones out of the Sky

By Dan Robitzski

NASA recently tested a new drone swarm, where "Hives" release "Cicadas" to monitor the weather and atmospheric conditions.

NASA’s “Hive” Drones Can Deploy Swarms of Tiny Robot Cicadas

By Dan Robitzski

The new trailer for the upcoming Child's Play movie shows creepy doll Chucky commandeering a smart lawnmower, a thermostat, and a drone.

In New “Chucky” Trailer, Killer Doll Terrorizes With IoT Gadgets

By Victor Tangermann

This Attack Helicopter Can Launch Drones From Midair

This Attack Helicopter Can Launch Drones From Midair

By Victor Tangermann

Australian scientists are preparing to deliver millions of coral larvae to the Great Barrier Reef using an autonomous drone called "Larvalbot"

Undersea Robots Are Helping Save the Great Barrier Reef

By Dan Robitzski

A video of a gigantic Amazon drone mothership blimp is making the rounds online. It's creepy and fun, but it's also completely fake.

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Good News, People: That Amazon Mothership Blimp is Fake

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. Military Is Hiring Hackers to Kill Small Drones

The U.S. Military Is Hiring Hackers to Kill Small Drones

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. Army is currently upgrading its Stryker tanks with laser weaponry that it says could disable drones and incoming RPGs.

The Military Is Mounting Laser Weapons on Tanks

By Dan Robitzski

UPS Is Now Using Drones to Deliver Blood to a Hospital

UPS Is Now Using Drones to Deliver Blood to a Hospital

By Kristin Houser

The Air Force recently announced plans to build "Skyborg," an AI program that will be able to fly fighter planes and drones and lessen the burden on people.

Artificial Intelligence

The Air Force Is Building AI to Fly Fighter Jets Called “Skyborg”

By Dan Robitzski

A drone just flew through an Icelandic cave and generated a 3D map of the area in minutes, in a test run for systems that will do the same on Mars.

NASA’s Working on a Drone to Hunt For Life in Martian Caves

By Dan Robitzski

The Russian military is poised to begin testing Belgorod, a submarine that can launch six thermonuclear warhead-carrying deep sea drones.

New Russian Submarine Can Launch Nuke-Carrying Drones

By Dan Robitzski

Google parent company Alphabet is preparing to launch what the Australian Broadcasting Corporation says is the first commercial drone delivery service.

Residents Are Furious About Google’s Drone Delivery Service

By Jon Christian

Farmers in New Zealand have a new tool to herd sheep and cows, according to Radio New Zealand: drones outfitted with speakers so they can bark like dogs.

New Zealand Farmers Are Using Drones to Herd Sheep

By Jon Christian

Weapons makers ranging from Boeing to Lockheed Martin are working on new anti-drone technologies — everything from laser cannons to heat-seeking missiles.

Military Contractors Are Churning out New Anti-Drone Weapons

By Jon Christian

"Swarm squadrons of network-enabled drones capable of confusing and overwhelming enemy air defenses" could fight alongside fighter jets in the British army.

The British Military Is Working on Anti-Aircraft Drone Swarms

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists Call for a Ban on AI-Controlled Killer Robots

Scientists Call for a Ban on AI-Controlled Killer Robots

By Victor Tangermann

Dubai International Airport faced a 30-minute shutdown after a drone was spotted nearby, It's the third major airport to face recent drone-related delays.

Drones Just Shut Down Another Huge Airport

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. Army has placed a $39 million order for tiny reconnaissance drones, small enough to fit in a soldier's pocket or palm.

The US Army Is Equipping Soldiers With Pocket-Sized Recon Drones

By Jon Christian

Amazon has started to test autonomous delivery robots in Washington State. Meanwhile, lawmakers are struggling to properly regulate the new tech.

Lawmakers Don’t Know How to Regulate Amazon’s Delivery Robots

By Dan Robitzski

Sunflower Labs will soon roll out its adorably-named robot security system: the Sunflower motion detection system and autonomous "Bee" surveillance drones.

Rich People are Protecting Their Homes With Surveillance Drones

By Dan Robitzski

On Monday, the British military started a four-week experiment to test out over 70 new technologies. Among them are autonomous drones.

The UK is Testing Robots to Deliver Food and Ammo to Soldiers

By Dan Robitzski

The U.K.'s Ministry of Defense is actively building military drones that can target and kill with minimal human involvement.

Self-Driving Vehicles

The UK Is Developing Autonomous Killer Robots

By Dan Robitzski

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These Tiny Drones Can Pull Objects 40 Times Their Weight

By Kristin Houser

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Uber Aims to Replace Delivery Drivers With Drones

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. Army is eyeing a system that traps military drones while they're on the move, which could help the devices avoid detection by enemies.

A Venus Flytrap-Like System Could Help Military Drones Avoid Detection

By Kristin Houser

Artificial intelligence will change life for the better. But there are reasons to be cautious as well. Five experts tell Futurism what most worries them.

Artificial Intelligence

Five Experts Share What Scares Them the Most About AI

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. Army is working on a system in which a ground-based laser shoots a military drone mid-flight in order to power it.

Shoot This Military Drone With a Laser, and It’ll Stay in the Air Indefinitely

By Kristin Houser

Someone Just Used a Drone to Try to Assassinate a World Leader

Someone Just Used a Drone to Try to Assassinate a World Leader

By Kristin Houser

That major pledge against building autonomous killing machines is a great start, but it has some glaring holes in what it covers.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Leaders Who Pledged Not To Build Autonomous Killing Machines Are Ignoring The Real Problem

By Dan Robitzski

This Wearable Controller Lets You Pilot a Drone With Your Body

This Wearable Controller Lets You Pilot a Drone With Your Body

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Hackers Are Stealing Sensitive Documents From The U.S. Military And Selling Them

The Digest: Hackers Are Stealing Sensitive Documents From The U.S. Military And Selling Them

By Victor Tangermann

Genetic Analysis Helped The AP Catch Sketchy Fisheries

Genetic Analysis Helped The AP Catch Sketchy Fisheries

By Dan Robitzski

With Bees Scarce, A Drone Pollinates A New York Apple Orchard

With Bees Scarce, A Drone Pollinates A New York Apple Orchard

By Dan Robitzski

This Cute Little Robot Fly Is The First Without A Wire

This Cute Little Robot Fly Is The First Without A Wire

NASA Just Unveiled This Awesome, Tiny Helicopter That Will Cruise Over Mars

NASA Just Unveiled This Awesome, Tiny Helicopter That Will Cruise Over Mars

By Dan Robitzski

Criminals Are Now Using Swarms Of Small Drones To Befuddle Law Enforcement

Criminals Are Now Using Swarms Of Small Drones To Befuddle Law Enforcement

By Victor Tangermann

Electronic Warfare “Disables” U.S. Aircraft In Syria

Robots and Machines

Electronic Warfare “Disables” U.S. Aircraft In Syria

By Victor Tangermann

Russia Debuts Postal Drone, Which Immediately Crashes Into Wall

Russia Debuts Postal Drone, Which Immediately Crashes Into Wall

By Alexandra Ossola

Amazon’s Latest Patent Would Make Drones Responsive To Yelling and Arm-Flailing

Amazon’s Latest Patent Would Make Drones Responsive To Yelling and Arm-Flailing

By Victor Tangermann