Just thought some of you guy might be interested in the event I'm working on this weekend, the DARPA Robotics Challenge trials - it's a competition with humanoid robots attempting to perform a series of disaster recovery-related tasks based on Fukashimi recovery efforts.
It's streaming live on youtube today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o4B2R5kzw4
and here's yesterday's stream:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwWm3HaDbnQ
Some very cool, forward looking stuff going on here. The robots are a little underwhelming at this point - one stared at a door it was supposed to open for about ten minutes before keeling over and hitting the door with it's head - but you can see the potential. This year's trials will narrow down the teams that will compete next year in a more complex scenario that combines multiple tasks into an obstacle course they need to complete.
It's streaming live on youtube today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o4B2R5kzw4
and here's yesterday's stream:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwWm3HaDbnQ
Some very cool, forward looking stuff going on here. The robots are a little underwhelming at this point - one stared at a door it was supposed to open for about ten minutes before keeling over and hitting the door with it's head - but you can see the potential. This year's trials will narrow down the teams that will compete next year in a more complex scenario that combines multiple tasks into an obstacle course they need to complete.