DARPA wants urban, autonomous drone and robot swarms

FedScoop: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants to make it easier for the military to use a group of drones and robots to help it do its job.

DARPA, the Defense Department’s research and development arm, is looking to acquire the emerging technology needed to command a “swarm” of autonomous robots — typically small unmanned aircraft or ground systems — in an urban setting. The effort, called the OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program, includes several “sprints” to try to develop “breakthrough” technologies in a shorter amount of time.

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