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Bipedal robot learns to run

New joints have given the humanoid robot Asimo several new talents, but mastering the art of robotic running remains far from easy

2004 12 23 Comments (0)

Scientists lift veil on Beagle 3

The team behind the Beagle 2 mission has unveiled its design for a successor to the British Mars lander.

2004 11 22 Comments (0)

U.S. Army tests battlefield robot armed with pump action shotgun

U.S. Army tests battlefield robot armed with pump action shotgun; bring on the Terminators! (newstarget.com) The military robot is equipped with a pump action shotgun capable of firing shotgun rounds and presumably killing enemy combatants, and it has already seen action in Iraq. via Slashdot.

2004 11 06 Comments (0)

DARPA Grand Challenge 2005

DARPA has announced that the 2005 Grand Challenge will be held October 8, 2005, and the cash prize has increased from $1 million to $2 million dollars.

2004 06 08 Comments (0)

Site With Vintage Toy Robots

The website robot1968 has vintage and tin robots for sale.

2004 05 22 Comments (0)

Beagle 2 Mars Probe was too big of a risk

The BBC is reporting that the investigation of the Beagle 2 Mars probe found that the probe was too big of risk and there were not enough checks and balances built into the system.

2004 05 22 Comments (0)

Robot Protest

The “Robots” at the University of Wisconsin staged a protest.

2004 05 20 Comments (0)

DARPA wants cars that think for themselves

Wired News is reporting that DARPA wants to try building cars that can think for themselves and learn from their mistakes.

2004 05 20 Comments (0)

Final Papers of DARPA Grand Challenge Teams

DARPA has posted the final papers of each of the DARPA Grand Challenge teams.

2004 05 19 Comments (0)

DARPA Grand Challenge Race Results

The race took place, and none of the teams came close to finishing the race. The Red Team went the greatest distance – 7.4 miles. The results are available from DARPA – (pdf file).

2004 03 14 Comments (0)

Videos of Team Ensco From Washington Post

washingtonpost.com Technology: DARPA’s Grand Challenge in the Desert (Macromedia Flash) The Washington Post has several videos of Team Ensco, a northern Virginia team, building and testing their vehicle. They also have some photos of some of the other vehicles.

2004 03 12 Comments (0)

The Darpa Grand Challenge Teams Have Been Chosen

Teams Have Been Chosen (pdf file) The selected teams are listed below in official starting order, based on results from the QID: (22) Red Team – Pittsburgh, PA (21) SciAutonics II – Thousand Oaks, CA (05) Team Caltech – Pasadena, CA (07) Digital Auto Drive (DAD) – Morgan Hill, CA (25) Virginia Tech – Blacksburg, [...]

2004 03 12 Comments (0)

Grand Challenge Update

Axion Racing, Digital Auto Drive (D.A.D.) and Team TerraMax completely traversed the Qualification, Inspection and Demonstration (QID) course for the first time Thursday. Thursday (3/11) Grand Challenge Qualifying Results (pdf file) If you have a big dish, you can watch coverage of the live race Saturday, 3/13. Details are listed below. Satellite Feed On Saturday, [...]

2004 03 12 Comments (0)

Short Video of Virginia Tech’s Robot Making its way through the QID

Video (20s mpg)

2004 03 11 Comments (0)

Results From Wednesday’s (3/10) Grand Challenge

3 more teams completed the course – SciAutonics II, Team CalTech, and Virginia Tech. 3/10 Qualifying Results (pdf file) Here’s the summary of Wednesday’s results: SciAutonics II, Team CalTech, and Virginia Tech completed the course. Team CIMAR, Team ENSCO, and TerraMax nearly completed the course. Axion Racing, Digital Auto Drive, The Golem Group, Palos Verdes [...]

2004 03 11 Comments (0)

Results from Tuesday’s (3/9) Qualifying at Grand Challenge

3/9 Qualifying Results (pdf file) Here’s the summary of Tuesday’s Qualifying results of the Darpa Grand Challenge: The Red Team completed the course. Axion, The Golem, Rover Systems, SciAutonics I, SciAutonics II, Team ENSCO, Team Terrahawk and TerraMax all partially completed the course before stopping. The Blue Team (autonomous motorcycle), Team LoGHIQ and Virginia Tech [...]

2004 03 10 Comments (0)

Photos of some of the Grand Challenge Robots

Cajun Bot – Meet The Robots The University of Louisiana team (team Cajunbot) has posted some great photos of some of the robots in the Grand Challenge. The photos are definitely worth a look. Virginia Tech is Team 25.

2004 03 10 Comments (0)

Carnegie Mellon’s vehicle is first to qualify in Grand Challenge

Robot Vehicle Successfully Navigates Test Course Carnegie Mellon’s Sandstorm is the first vehicle to qualify in the Darpa Grand Challenge. This article also has additional details about the race. The actual race takes place March 13th. The desert course is 200 miles, and the vehicles must complete the race in less than 10 hours.

2004 03 10 Comments (0)

Darpa Grand Challenge

Wired News: Now That’s Quite a Challenge The Darpa Grand Challenge is a robot off-road race across the Mojave Desert that’s sponsored by the Defense Department. The robots must be completely autonomous, and the winner receives a million dollars. The contestants are college students, high school students, tinkerers, and entrepreneurs. The wired article talks about [...]

2004 03 10 Comments (0)

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