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DARPA wants your Radio Shack weapon ideas, wants them now

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's "Improv" program wants those who feel they can make mayhem with some off the shelf tech to meet with them.

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Behind the scenes at the U.S. military’s robot world championship (VIDEO)

Motherboard went behind the curtain at DARPA's battle droid challenge in California earlier this month and bring you the highlights of the republic's next crop of robot warriors.

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DARPA unveils autonomous drones to fight alongside warriors on the battlefield

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency unveiled concept images for their modular drones that will fight alongside warriors in the battlefield in an announcement Tuesday. DARPA launched their Transformer (TX) program in 2009 with the intent to provide troops with “flexible, terrain-independent transportation for logistics, personnel transport and tactical support missions for small ground units.” And […]

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