Resumen de Disaster bots step up
Hodson talks about the Darpa Robotics Challenge, the world's most important robotics competition held in Pomona CA. A whiff of dung hangs over the course as robots scramble over debris, drive emergency vehicles, climb stairs and cut through plasterboard walls--tasks designed to simulate those needed in a real-life disaster. There are 23 competitors, four at a time on each task, which they attempt twice over the two days. A human would whiz through the course in minutes or seconds, but only the most advanced machines can tackle it, and then only with human controllers. But the data they generate is forming the bedrock of robotic autonomy. Teams of roboticists have come from all over the world to compete here.
