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Iran Reveals Latest Humanoid Robot: 'Surena III'

Kelsey D. Atherton

at 12:36 PM Nov 19 2015

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What's over six feet tall, 216 pounds, and poses no direct threat to America? If you guessed “the latest humanoid robot from Iran,” you can probably skip this story—but for everyone else, the Surena III is Iran's latest human-shaped technology demonstrator, as IEEE Spectrum reports.

Meet Taranis, The UK's Shiny New Stealth Drone

Kelsey D. Atherton

at 03:00 AM Feb 11 2014

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BAE Systems, a British defense and aerospace company, revealed last week that its stealth drone Taranis successfully flew in tests over the Australian desert in August. Named after a Celtic god of thunder, Taranis is a technology demonstrator, much like the U.S. Navy's X-47B.