Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory developed a new type of thermal imaging camera that allows Soldiers to see hidden objects that were previously undetectable. Dr. Kristan Gurton, an experimental physicist in the Computational and Information Sciences Directorate, and Dr. Sean Hu, an electronics engineer in the Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate, are leading…

As part of a strategy to develop and deliver new robotics capabilities to future Soldiers, Army researchers have partnered with world-renowned experts in industry and academia. The University of Pennsylvania hosted a series of meetings in Philadelphia, June 5-7, for principal investigators and researchers from the Army’s Robotics Collaborative Technology Alliance, or RCTA. “We are…

A new research agreement between ride-sharing company Uber and the United States Army may result in quieter unmanned aircraft for the future force. The U.S. Army Research Laboratory has aeronautical engineers and scientists working to solve some of the toughest technology challenges in delivering the rotorcraft of tomorrow. During a technical summit in Los Angeles,…

U.S. Army Research Laboratory scientists have discovered a way to leverage emerging brain-like computer architectures for an age-old number-theoretic problem known as integer factorization. By mimicking the brain functions of mammals in computing, Army scientists are opening up a new solution space that moves away from traditional computing architectures and towards devices that are able…

Information scientists at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the University of Michigan have borrowed from the popular game “20 Questions,” to make an important step towards helping robots maintain continuous and purposeful conversation with humans. They have developed an optimal strategy for asking a series of yes or no questions that rapidly achieves the…

Officials at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory held a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house for two new, powerful supercomputers, Jan. 31. About 50 people attended the ceremony. The systems, named Hellfire and Centennial, are upgrades for the lab’s DOD Supercomputing Resource Center, and are part of a modernization program to bring new capabilities to…

The U.S. Army Research Laboratory recently announced the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Pennsylvania as lead research organizations for two enterprise research programs that will address challenges the military faces in internet-connected, robot-rich congested and contested battlefields. Through its Internet of Battlefield Things Collaborative Research Alliance, the Army has assembled a…

A team of Army scientists and engineers have challenged long-held views in the area of human-autonomy interaction to change the way science involves people, especially in developing advanced technical systems that involve artificial intelligence and autonomy. As part of a research program initially funded in 2013 by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, U.S.…

Researchers from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory have discovered that the process of intrusion detection in computer networks exhibits a significant degree of burstiness as well as strong memory. Until now, this combination was not known. Researchers say significant burstiness means that bunches (“bursts”) of events cluster together, occurring rapidly one after another, with much…

The U.S. Army is partnering with Drexel University in a joint research agreement to spur scientific research in areas of mutual interest. The Army will work closely with Drexel under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement, or CRADA, initially to identify damage on Army aircraft due to metal fatigue and stress and to formally address…