Why Robots and Humans Struggled with DARPA's Challenge
Will Knight for MIT Technology Review: When some of the world’s most advanced rescue robots are foiled by nothing more complex than a doorknob, you get a good sense of the challenge of making our homes and workplaces more automated.
At the DARPA Robotics Challenge, a contest held over the weekend in California, two dozen extremely sophisticated robots did their best to perform a series of tasks on an outdoor course, including turning a valve, climbing some steps, and opening a door (see “A Transformer Wins DARPA’s $2 Million Robotics Challenge”). Although a couple of robots managed to complete the course, others grasped thin air, walked into walls, or simply toppled over as if overcome with the sheer impossibility of it all. At the same time, efforts by human controllers to help the robots through their tasks may offer clues as to how human-machine collaboration could be deployed in various other settings.
“I think this is an opportunity for everybody to see how hard robotics really is,” says Mark Raibert, founder of Boston Dynamics, now owned by Google, which produced an extremely sophisticated humanoid robot called Atlas. Cont'd...
RobotM-Br Reinforces the Growing Presence of Robotmaster in Latin America at Feimafe 2015
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Three Teams Take Top Honors at DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals
"May the best robot win" has been a frequently uttered phrase throughout the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals, held this Friday and Saturday at the Fairplex in Pomona, California.
Watch DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals Live Online
25 teams compete on a disaster-simulated course, and one winning robot will take home $2 million.
CuriosityStream will bring you top of the line coverage of the event. Get up close with the robots, meet the brains behind the technology - and explore the past, present, and future of robots with our new lineup of Science/Technology programming.
Join CuriosityStream and DARPA as we discover which robot will save the day!
BitFlow Partners with NVIDIA to Bring Power of GPUDirect for Video Technology to its Frame Grabbers
Streamlined, simplified BitFlow software extension eliminates integration steps
The Ideal Inductive Sensor for Robotic End Effectors - Balluff SuperShorty
Balluff's SuperShorty Inductive Sensors are extremely lightweight, and with diameters as small as 6.5mm and lengths as short as 6mm, they are the shortest inductive sensors on the market - making them ideal for robotic end effectors.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute to Compete in DARPA Robotics Challenge June 5-6, 2015
DARPA competition puts robots from 24 international teams through difficult tasks of mobility and manipulation; ultimate goal is to develop robots able to help humans in disasters.
A New Approach from Kardex Remstar to Minimizing Downtime in Highly Automated Operations
Automated storage and retrieval systems now support MRO activities in a small, compact footprint. Kardex Remstar products offer several ways to help reduce downtime in highly automated facilities.
At TU-Automotive Detroit, Velodyne LiDAR to Help Make Sense of Sensor-Driven Future for Autonomous Vehicles
Which Way for Sensors? Velodynes Wolfgang Juchmann to Offer LiDAR Market Leaders POV During Nations Biggest Connected Car Event
R.M. Hoffman Company designated official United States distributor for the Moenninghoff product line.
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Mouser Electronics Expands to Japan with Local Customer Service Center
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Robotics Teams Prepare to Compete for $1.5 Million in NASA Challenge
June 8-13 the fourth running of the NASA Sample Return Robot Challenge
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