DARPA's Robotics Challenge gives birth to new humanoid robots
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Virginia Tech's THOR (Tactical Hazardous Operations Robot)
CMU-NREC's proposed CHIMP (CMU Highly Intelligent Mobile Platform) robot
Drexel University’s design focuses on a mature, open-architecture, bipedal robot called Hubo
NASA Johnson Space Center proposed to develop a next-generation humanoid robot and control paradigm
Raytheon proposed to construct Guardian, a new, self-powered, lightweight, robust, dexterous humanoid robot
NASA-JPL proposed to build RoboSimian, a simian-inspired, limbed robot
SCHAFT Inc. proposed a bipedal robot based on mature hardware and software designed for its existing HRP-2 robot
The GFE Platform is being developed by Boston Dynamics based on its Atlas humanoid robot platform
A 3-D rendering of Virginia Tech's THOR
Article Summary
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has published concept artwork depicting the robots that will compete in its ambitious DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC). The DRC will require robots to drive a car, travel through rubble, open doors, climb ladders, manipulate tools, and more. However, due to the current limitations in artificial intelligence, the robots will be teleoperated by a team of people behind the scenes. The idea is to advance robotics technology so that humans won't have to put their lives at risk in future disaster scenarios.
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