Is it possible to do on land what drones - pilotless planes - do in the air? An algorithm developed in the computer science department at Bar-Ilan University will allow the use of a troop of robots for patrolling and observation against enemy intrusions. The innovation was presented on Thursday at a special science fair at Bar-Ilan University as part of the events of the Board of Trustees
New robotic development in Bar-Ilan: the independent security and intelligence measures without human contact are also coming to land... In a not long time we will be able to place robots on our security fences - at IDF bases and even on the state's border fences - that will patrol, and with the help of their various sensors will report suspicious movements to their operators.
Dr. Gal Kaminka, a researcher in the computer science department at Bar-Ilan University, presented today (Thursday) at the science fair to be held at the Wahl Center at the university, the group of robots he developed, which are able to divide the sectors between them without human intervention, and to respond quickly to any invasion, thus replacing Actually the soldiers' tours.
"Each robot has a variety of sensors - video, infrared, sound wave detection and more, its own "brain" and systems that allow it to be independent and carry out the task, but to properly handle the case of an intrusion, the group of robots must be coordinated," explains Kaminka. "A robot band is a group of robots working together for a common goal. Today we demonstrated the work of a group of robots in patrol missions. The robots can patrol forwards, backwards, to the sides - the entire length of the fence or the entire area they are supposed to protect. That is why it is important that each robot knows where the others are located and what they are doing at a given time."
"The algorithm we developed, as part of a more comprehensive project funded by the defense system, allows the robots to patrol together as a group in an optimal way. During the development stages, we proved that if each robot works independently and ignores the other members of the group, this will expose the system they are protecting to harm. On the other hand, when the robots work in a group, even an enemy who knows everything about them will have difficulty penetrating their defense network, because he will not be able to predict their movement."
According to the current planning, the developers do not intend to equip the robots with weapons, but only with sensors and in the event of an alert, the involvement of flesh and blood soldiers will be necessary, Kaminka says.
"The trend of integrating robots in the army has been going on for many years" says Kaminka. "Until now, we have mainly known the drones in the air, which are easier to operate because they do not have to deal with obstacles and difficult terrain conditions. Onshore tools require greater complexity and complicated mechanics. This is definitely a first and important step on the way to integrating essential and manpower-saving terrestrial robotics in the army."
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Too bad about the discussion.
Now it's your turn!
It's a shame about the discussion about the copyrights that destroys the whole discussion about the article. I don't think this is the place.
Undoubtedly, it will work for another year, two years at the most, maybe four, five years, seven or eight years at the most, but then a small genius Chinese will come and provide a cheap, fast and working solution
I saw this article in two places
For Michael and Aryeh, the problem is divided into two. The fair users on the Roter forum take the opening of the article and refer to it, then the other surfers go to Idan to read the rest of the article, but there are also unfair users who take the whole thing. Unfortunately there is no one there to talk to. There is no phone number and no one answers emails there and you have to write a username to open the form for you (it's not a normal email), I hope the operators will read this and cut down entire articles that users copy so that surfers can continue reading with knowledge.
As for this particular article, there really is nothing to be done - it is a press release from Bar-Ilan University and its rights are not mine, even though I am the one who wrote it (and I guess this answers Arie's puzzlement about the nature, although minor compared to Hibsham Azgad - spokesman for the Weizmann Institute) Because I assisted this week in strengthening the speaker's office in Bar-Ilan in light of the many events during the week of the Board of Trustees. There will be several more such news that will be published gradually in the coming days and instead of a credit I will add a line below that clarifies this fact, in case other bodies need such reinforcement....
Michael
Everything is clear and known. I followed the link earlier; It was clear that Shmuel thinks they copied from the scientist. The way you drew his attention was unclear. You didn't say it directly. When I first read your comment I didn't understand what you meant to say, that's why I wrote my response, even though it's clear that you actually said the same thing I said, just in different words.
Leave the one who brings something in the name of Umru... The publicists want you to publish what they sent you and they word it so that a lazy (or lack of time) journalist can copy without changing or adding anything of his own.
My father also does not always indicate the PR credit, but writes the science service. It is possible and in some cases he adds something, so he even takes the credit and that is legitimate.
The specific news here is even nicely written. Sometimes you read crappy news that oozes publicity - and no one cares. I'm talking about general journalism.
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If you follow the link provided by Shmuel, you will come to an article on the Roter website that is identical to the article here.
That's why Shmuel wrote "they are stealing your copyrights".
He meant that "Rotter" steals from "Hidan".
I drew his attention to the fact that this article in "Hidan" is in fact, as it is made clear at the beginning, a quote from a text released for publication by Bar Ilan University and that in publishing this text "Rotter" does not steal copyright from "Hidan" but quotes Bar Ilan without mentioning Amru therefore misses an opportunity to fulfill the mitzvah "He who brings something in the name of Amru brings redemption to the world"
Michael - your response is not clear enough.
Shmuel - the article that appeared in the same way in two places, is nothing more than an exact copy of a public relations text distributed by the university.
There are very big developments from year to year in the aspect of the autonomy of vehicles, I hope that within 10-15 years we will be able to see autonomous land vehicles in the field.
Samuel:
In fact they are stealing the rights from Bar Ilan University.
Here the source is quoted, but there they probably don't know that the bringer said something in the name of Umru...
They are stealing your copyright
http://rotter.net/forum/scoops1/6187.shtml
I don't know, maybe I'm wrong, but they look like toys to me that are really easy to neutralize in battle.... In short, I don't think this whole story is serious.
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The DARPA Autonomous Vehicle Race featured autonomous vehicles. Do you know of a whole "flock" of vehicles that moved there in coordination? I don't remember anything like that. It seems to me that the emphasis was rather on the autonomy and not on the coordination, but I would be happy to read if you have a reference for something else.
I allow myself to guess that in terms of autonomous vehicles the robots in question are actually less successful than the best competitors who competed in Darfa.
According to the picture, it doesn't look like a robot that is meant to patrol the field, but more in the academy offices...
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DARPA's vehicle race had vehicle networks. What's new in this..?