The modular advanced armed robotic system (MAARS) robot is designed to support troops in combat situations. Equipped with a 7.62-millimeter machine gun and four 40-millimeter grenade launchers in a ...

The conflicts in Southwest Asia have been an incubator for the development of military robots. Over the past eight years, airborne and ground-based robots—once considered little more than ...

We've seen all sorts of weapons mounted on drones, and military drones already wield impressive firepower, but that doesn't mean we're done building crazy machines with fire power. The next step is ...

June 6, 2008 QinetiQ has delivered the first of its combat-ready Modular Advanced Armed Robotic System (MAARS) ground robots to the US military. The remotely controlled MAARS is based on a modular ...

The company behind the only armed robots in Iraq is rolling out a new model of gun-toting machine, built from the start for combat. DANGER ROOM has exclusive pictures and footage. During the early ...

Maars are not your typical volcanoes. These explosive geological oddities don't form neat, cone-shaped mountains. Rather, they can crop up just about anywhere within certain volcanically active areas.