by Meghan Hennessey | Dec 23, 2013 | Culture & Community |
Sci-fi? Not anymore! Walking into what looked like a parallel robot world, we knew this wasn’t going to be just another weekend. We’re on the cusp of a robotic revelation and after this weekend’s display of demos, expos and task performance, it’s more evident than...
by Meghan Hennessey | Dec 21, 2013 | Robot Forge |
The tents are up, the bots are out, and the DARPA Robotics Challenge is officially under way! Blood, sweat and tears went into these bots as teams were provided less than a year to prepare for this epic two day competition. The weekend has rounded up the best of the...
by Meghan Hennessey | Dec 12, 2013 | Culture & Community |
(Cont’d) Track A teams that will be competing at the DRC Trials Dec 20-21, 2013 have received some funding to get them to this phase. We’ve covered Hubo, RoboSimian, and HRP-2, now meet the remaining three teams in this division: Carnegie Mellon University...
by Meghan Hennessey | Dec 12, 2013 | Robot Forge |
The DARPA Robotics Challenge is coming up fast and we’ll be there to give you the scoop! Track A Teams had a 15 month timeline (Oct 2012 Kickoff to Dec 2013 DRC Trials) to design and build their bots. Each team has taken different approaches to grind through the...
by Meghan Hennessey | Dec 10, 2013 | Robot Forge |
It’s the gathering place for leading robotics researchers. It’s the breeding ground for next-gen robotics innovations. It’s the one place on this planet that you will see seven ALTAS robots in one location running a course. It’s the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC)...