DARPA Veloci-RapTOR: Redefining Velocity Measurement with Force Sensors

For decades, measuring velocity has relied on external references like GPS or lasers. But what if we could ditch the external clutter and measure velocity directly through a platform’s internal forces? This is the ambitious goal of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Veloci-RapTOR program. Velocity measurement is critically important in a military context…