Very interesting. A millionaire's robot device. On Sun, Nov 14, 2021 at 6:05 AM Miles Abernathy <mile...@gmail.com> wrote:
> They are learning how to explore underground in a DARPA challenge. > > ...In this scenario, meticulously constructed for the finale of the DARPA >> Subterranean Challenge — an elaborate three-year, $82 million Pentagon >> robotics competition — something bad has happened to humans underground, >> and the robots are coming to the rescue. Spot and its robo-teammates and >> competitors — dozens of walking, driving and flying robots — were on a >> scavenger hunt for “survivors” (mannequins giving off body heat and vocal >> sounds) and objects such as cellphones, backpacks and helmets. The robots >> scored points by sending the objects’ locations back to their human >> teammates. Finding all the objects meant exploring a trap-filled labyrinth >> with a half-mile of passages, featuring three made-from-scratch >> environments: urban, with a subway, storeroom and offices; a tunnel (a mock >> mine shaft); and a cave, a claustrophobic mash-up of spelunking’s greatest >> hits.... > > > Full story at https://archive.md/B5u8A > > Miles Abernathy > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > -- Charlie Loving
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