The United States Army Signal Corps

Singer describes Iraq operations as they were being performed in 2008 with the threat of Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs. “The Explosive Ordnance Disposal, EOD, teams were tasked with defeating this threat, roving about the battlefield to find and defuse the IEDs before they could explode and kill.” 3 Robots such as Packbot and Talon were used to disarm IEDs which save lives of Soldiers and civilians. The proliferation of technology in the battlefield can be seen in today’s combat environment on the ground, sea and air and will continue to grow. He states that “man’s monopoly of warfare is being broken” because digital weapons such as Packbot, Talon, SWORDS, Predator, Global Hawk and many others are a “sign” that “we are entering the era of robots of war.” 4 He supports his theory of the proliferation of technology in weapons by looking at industry growth by providing quantifiable data of rapid growth in industry to meet demands. As he states “in 1999, there were nine companies with federal contracts in homeland security. By 2003, there were 3,512. In 2006, there were 33,890.” 5 Mr. Singer then provides a history of robots, trends, and what we can expect in the future. The book also provides a glimpse of what the author believes can be expected on future battlefields and changes that he thinks U.S. policy makers and military leaders need to address. Some of the changes that can be affected concern law of war, robots role in war, level of robot authority to fight wars and robot

The U.S. Marine Corps’ is thought to be one of the five free standing military departments, but in all actuality there is only three departments. The U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Navy are the only branches of the military that are correctly recognized as their own departments. There are two other Branches of the military that are under the U.S. Navy, one is the United States Marine Corps’. They were created to protect, but now they need protecting from budget cuts and disbanding. In order to protect the Corps’, they need to become their own U.S. Department, with their own funding and supplies.

With each passing year, current technologies continue to evolve or change while new technology or innovations emerge that, in some instances, profoundly change markets, societies, or ways of living. For all organizations, to include the military, the persistent change of technology means that organizations must also evolve and change accordingly. Based on research by Accenture’s Paul Nunes and Tim Breene in 2011, only 7 percent of companies that cease to grow ever survive over the long term, which serves as a strong warning for any organization about the need to change. In addition to technological change, the military faces many other challenges as well. The most significant challenges include budgetary constraints, mandated drawdowns in personnel strength, and numerous mission demands across the globe.

The United States Marine Corps is one of the most deadly task forces in the military. The United States Marines are a branch of the Navy and they operate in close with them at sea. The United States Marine Corps has a unique mission, they serve on the Navy’s ships, protect United States Naval bases, guard United State Embassies, and provide and quick and ready strike force to protect any of the United States interests.

Started on June 21, 1860 and formally recognized as a branch of the US military on March 3, 1863, the Signal Corps of the United States Army has had a varied and honored history. Although it began simply by today's standards, with the use of flags and torches at its inception, through contemporary times it continues to innovate and embrace technology in order to keep commanders informed and warfighters communicating. What started as the vision of one man in the mid-nineteenth century has transformed today into an entire branch composed of tens of thousands of Soldiers, Noncommissioned Officers, Warrants Officers, and Commissioned Officers. The US Army Signal Corps has had a direct impact on every conflict fought since the civil war, including

Robots are machines usually used to accomplish things too boring or dangerous for humans. Many robots are being made in the world today. The Valkyrie, Ian the Invincible, and the Alpha Dog are some examples. These are all very complex robots, but a Redbot is a robot that can be easily coded to do simple tasks. For the past two months, the Redbot Line Fisher was being created and adapted so that it will meet a service’s specific needs, improve life, and implicate social, economic, or political changes.

In concert with this, RTI teams are providing for a modular Active Protection System (MAPS) framework and controller. In short, MAPS provides the foundation for the Army Active Protection System Strategy which enables tailored capability, integration commonality on any platform, and provides an avenue for technology insertion and growth; and 3) development of a modular and open power, data and electronics architecture capable of operating at higher temperatures with greater efficiency. Additionally, I have ensured that RTI remains resolute in pursuing/building foundational architectures for the next generation of combat vehicle technologies that enable cutting-edge ground vehicle capabilities to be designed to effectively and flexibly meet the needs of the current force Army, as well the future Army that will need new concepts and combat vehicles be developed. These foundational architectures enable things like scalable power solutions, active protection to address evolving threats, a flexible architecture for vehicle electronics, as well as autonomous, tele-operated or driver-optional systems to greatly enhance Soldier safety while growing capability for mission

The evolution of digitised and networking capability within the Australian Army is a multi-staged activity that will affect all aspects of the way Army operates as part of the Joint Force. Digitised systems provide a means to execute command and control from Brigade HQ to the Battle Group (BG) HQ. The provision of enhanced digitised systems will greatly assist the closing of digitisation gaps, in particular for Brigades entering the Readying phase of the FGC and will ensure the effective fulfilment of a Brigade to BG digital backbone.

Unfortunately, our force is becoming more modern everyday and our communications capabilities have subsequently increased commanders’ abilities to exert control over maneuver elements from extended ranges. The increased technological advancements are both a blessing and a curse. We must continue to refine and embrace technology, to combat the dynamic and

The entire system was innovative for space capabilities, but it also changed robotics on Earth at the same time. The first thing the SRMS brought to the space program was the space robotics which did not exist before it was launched20. The proof of concept set the standard for all future robotics equipment in space. In addition, the earlier design choices to engineer the system like the human arm in control were part of a paradigm shift in robotics which has permeated the area robotics21.

A Robotic Minesweeper stopped a bomb that killed thousands of troops. It is a normal military vehicle with a mine roller that can clear convoys without a human driver. A module containing software and multiple sensors could work with other vehicles, this technology could make any military vehicle into a robot that will be able to work tirelessly through the rain, snow, dust, and darkness. The robotic vehicles would play many roles for the military in supply convoys, airfield construction, and similar operations. So, the U.S. military will have supply convoys that are mostly robotic vehicles like minesweepers and supply trucks.(Hsu)

Our nation, the United States of America, encounters the ongoing challenge that our military must develop quickly enough to be prepared to face the enemy. The enemy, now more than ever, is not always familiar because they have become so diversified. They also have a tendency to function in uncommon ways, making their actions difficult to predict. The threats that they possess towards our nation have the capability to put our maritime forces and infrastructure in serious peril. Unmanned systems, such as the Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV), have the potential and ability “to reduce risk to manned forces, to provide the force multiplication necessary to accomplish our missions, to perform tasks which manned vehicles cannot, and to do so in a way

“Killer Robots” - or, officially, “Lethal Autonomous Robots” (LARs), are robots that - once activated - can operate without any further human intervention. This new weapons system is capable of identifying and attacking a human target on its own. Delegates should note that these robots differ from non-autonomous, armed robots, or peaceful, autonomous

Imagine if you would not need to help Mom and Dad, carrying stuff for them or cleaning up after them! You can have a robot help you with your daily activities such as cleaning your room, washing your car, and even wiping for you once you are done using the bathroom. A robot is a machine designed to complete or carry out multiple tasks when programmed to do so. Robots play a huge role in discovery, such as Mars Curiosity Rover, that is used to observe Mar’s surface and environment. We have used Robots to study the moons surface to see what it is like and to learn more about space. We use robots today in military by using them to disarm bombs and find enemy locations. Robots will have a positive impact on our future, because robots will help us to discover more in the ocean and space, help us save lives, and aid in the military.

ICF is a multi-tiered, service-based framework that integrates broad range of technologies covering the autonomy of a machine to analytical services that are combined with domain-specific user interfaces to form specific battlefield applications [] . This framework can be adapted to other battle command and robotic control systems to enhance human performance, and can communicate with underlying control and simulation systems via standard protocols. Underlying ICF provides a generalized framework that integrates various requisite knowledge bases, knowledge representations, the applications, machines, to represent a collaborative technology that offers different forms of user assistance in a holistic manner.