U.S. Navy's Robot Helicopter Delivers Military Supplies via Tablet

The Office of Naval Research has unveiled what it believes to be the future of support for combat and military transport missions: a robot helicopter

Using just a simple touchscreen tablet, any soldier can send the Autonomous Aerial Cargo/Utility System (AACUS) on missions that might be too perilous for humans.

"Out initiative is to try to find methods through which can have an entirely autonomous system do what a manned helicopter would do," Capt. Robert Palisin, assistant chief of naval research, said in the AACUS video demonstration Read more...