ABC Article about Robots in Canberra
The Australian Army unveils its latest gadgets and gear in Canberra — including the Marathon robots.
View ArticleMarathon “one of the big things for the next 12 months” says MAJGEN McLachlan
The Australian Defence Magazine (ADM) interviewed the Head of Army Modernisation and Strategic Planning, MAJGEN McLachlan.One of the questions by ADM was: “As the Head of Modernisation, what are the...
View ArticleMarathon Wins Innovation Award at Land Forces
Three Australian defence innovators, from a field of 16 finalists, have been named winners of the 2016 Land Defence Australia Industry Innovation Awards.Marathon was the winner of the award category...
View ArticleRobots used in Exercise Chong Ju
The robots were used last week as part of the Australian Army’s exercise Chong Ju: Exercise Chong Ju is an annual live-fire training exercise conducted at the Combined Arms Training Centre at...
View ArticleMarathon Targets “Massive Step Forward” in ex Brolga Run
Marathon Targets were used as part of exercise Brolga Run in far north Queensland, Australia: a large combined-arms exercise involving 2,300 troops.The CO 1RAR had this to say about the robots: “They...
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MP Anthony Roberts visits Marathon – Channel 7 reports
Anthony Roberts, Minister for Industry, Resources and Energy, visited Marathon’s facility in Marrickville. “What we’ve seen here today is amazing technology that’s now been exported to the world”, says...
View ArticleGunVenture: Season 1 – Rise of the Robots
VATA Group’s Greg Lapin and Destin Mounts head to Tennessee for some high-tech training drills against Marathon’s robots, testing their skills with stress-test exercises. Watch all three episodes.
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I/ITSEC’s “Show Daily” Reports on T30
Marathon is currently exhibiting at I/ITSEC in Orlando. The trade show magazine “Show Daily” issued a full page report about our new target model T30.Read the full report.
View ArticleMarathon Targets most impressive display at Ft Benning Maneuver Conference
“It can potentially revolutionize our small arms ranges and small unit training up to company level while tremendously increasing our Soldiers and Marines marksmanship capabilities.”
View ArticleFox News reports on Marathon at ATAC Range Day, SHOT Show
The story is on the front page of Fox News.See the video here.
View ArticleSpecialized Robots Have Vital Role in Hostage Training
The US Defence Department Science Blog reports on the Air Force’s 27th Special Operations Wing using robots to practice their responses to real-life intense moments, like hostage situations.
View ArticleJane’s take on robotic humans @ IDEX’17
Jane’s article from IDEX 2017: The world’s first and only autonomous robotic human type target system can turn soldiers into ‘pre-combat veterans’.
View ArticleMinister Pyne visits Marathon’s booth at IDEX
Christopher Pyne, Australian minister for Defence Industry, visits Marathon’s booth at IDEX’17 in Abu Dhabi.
View ArticleThe Australian: “Robotics enlisted to sharpen soldiers’ skills”
An article in The Australian about robot use within the Australian Army.
View ArticleAustralian Defence Magazine: “Right on Target”
The Australian Defence Magazine talks about the use of robots within the Australian Army.
View ArticleArticle in “The Cove” about how the ADF uses robots
A well-written article about 3BDE’s experience in using the robots to enhance their training, including details of specific scenarios.
View ArticleMarathon Releases New Indoor Target: T10
This week, we were proud to make the first delivery of our new T10 indoor targets.The T10 is a scaled-down robotic target intended for use on indoor ranges. It is smaller and more agile in tight...
View ArticleMarathon to Provide robots to Naval Special Warfare Command
We are proud to announce that Marathon was awarded a 3-year contract this week by the Naval Special Warfare Command to provide rentals of our robotic targets.We are looking forward to being able to...
View ArticleMarathon and Australia Post trial robotic parcel delivery
Last week, Australia Post started trialing after-hour deliveries of packages using Marathon’s custom-built delivery robot. The trials are being conducted in New Farm, QLD and will last four weeks.The...
View ArticleMarathon Part of New CRC for Trusted Autonomous Systems
Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne has just announced the formation of a Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for trusted autonomous systems. The Centre is the first CRC in the Commonwealth’s...
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