DARPA competition for humanoid robots

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jeffbert
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DARPA competition for humanoid robots

Postby jeffbert » 13 years ago

GIZMAG just made a page about this competition for real autonomous robots, as opposed to remote-controlled units:

http://www.gizmag.com/darpa-robotics-challenge-launch/22139/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=1c88b1c718-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email

The article states that the intention is to find a robot able to deal with rescues in disasters, & the prize is $2M! :w00t: If they can actually make one that meets the specs, household helpers are just around the corner.
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Postby jmb2891 » 13 years ago

Holy crap, that's amazing! Would be amazing (& awesome!) if someone made a robot that could do all of those challenges on its own.
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