darpa robotics challenge
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At The DARPA Robotics Challenge, We Saw A Lot Of Robots Fall Over
Yesterday marked the first day of the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals, in which elite robots from around the world faced off to compete for $US3.5 million in prizes. We saw some of humanity’s finest bots drive vehicles, remove rubble, cut through walls and climb up stairs.
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Google’s Newly Acquired SCHAFT Robot Walks Away A Winner
The teams have broken down their robots and packed them up in crates and suitcases, loaded them into trucks and taken them on aeroplanes and gone home. Some will lick their wounds and rebuild to fight another day. The lucky ones will get a million dollars each from DARPA to continue developing their bots.