Programmable & smart matter

🚙✈️ 🚢 🚀 Vehicles, ships, and robots, OH MY! No matter the vehicle, traditional control systems struggle when unexpected challenges—like damage, unforeseen environments, or new missions—push them beyond their design limits. Our Learning Introspective Control (LINC) program aims to fundamentally improve the safety of mechanical systems, such as ground vehicles, ships, and robotics, using various machine learning methods that require minimal computing power. By monitoring a platform’s real-time

As we mark the 100-year anniversary of the birth of #quantum mechanics, DARPA is continuing to push the boundaries of quantum science – literally. DARPA’s Intensity-Squeezed Photonic Integration for Revolutionary Detectors (INSPIRED) program is currently working to break through the quantum noise barrier by harnessing squeezed light – a quantum phenomenon that allows for ultra-precise measurements. By developing chip-scale squeezed-light sources 40 times quieter than the quantum noise limit, INS