DARPA’s Pet-Proto Robot
In this video, the Pet-Proto, a predecessor to DARPA‘s Atlas robot, is confronted with obstacles similar to those robots might face in the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC). To maneuver over and around...
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Want $2 Million? Build A Robot!
It’s that time of the year again. The birds are chirping. The sun is shining. The flowers are blooming. See robot. See robot run. (Graphic illustration provided by DARPA) Yes, that’s right. I’m...
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DARPA Competitors Develop Robots for Disaster Response
Leaps forward in simulation technology and cloud computing are making it possible for challengers from around the world to compete for support from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to...
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Mettle and Metal: The DARPA Robotics Challenge
(U.S. Defense Department graphic illustration by Jessica L. Tozer/Released) You guys, we need to talk. There’s been a fair amount of oh, shall we say, embellishment on the real mission of the DARPA...
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Eight Teams Earn DARPA Funds for 2014 Robotics Finals
On Dec. 21, at a racetrack complex near Miami, eight robots took their first steps into the future, one that scientists at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency envisioned for them as the world...
View ArticleThe Truth About Robots
We think we know a lot about robots, don’t we? I mean, it’s not like robots, or “smart” technology, is a new concept. Technology is practically ubiquitous these days, not to mention the fact that...
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The DARPA Challenge: Ten Years Later
At the break of dawn on March 13, 2004, 15 vehicles left a starting gate in the desert outside of Barstow, Calif., to make history in the DARPA Grand Challenge, a first-of-its-kind race to foster the...
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Team SHAFT Opens New Doors for Fellow Robots
Team SCHAFT, the highest-scoring team at the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) Trials in December 2013, has elected to switch to the self-funded Track D of the program. The team was recently acquired by...
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DARPA Unplugged: Atlas Gets a Makeover
The stakes are raised, folks. DARPA has expanded the winner’s pot to a $3.5 million prize structure which will reward progress made by the DARPA Robotics Challenge teams. The DARPA Robotics Challenge...
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