AI trained robots, drones, team up with emergency rescue

The University of Maryland’s RoboScout team is participating in the second year of a three-year Defense Advanced Research ...
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DARPA's SHRIMP Platform: Tiny Robot Olympics Could Transform Disaster Response

Military researchers pit millimeter-scale robotic against Olympic-style challenges to solve real-world rescue problems. DARPA’s SHort-Range Independent Microrobotic Platforms program isn’t just ...
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DARPA Is in the Middle of a Microscopic Robotic Arms Race

DARPA recognizes that insect-scale flying robots have immense military potential. In laboratories around the world, engineers are racing to shrink robotics into microscopic proportions, many examples ...
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Humanoid Robots DARPA Hopes Will Save Human Lives

The Pentagon today announced a robot competition, putting out a call for the type of full-service bot that could go into a dangerous emergency situation, perform multiple tasks and complete a mission.
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DARPA Contest Lets Robots Compete to Save Humanity from Itself

This weekend, Google-acquired Schaft bested 15 others teams competing in a robotics challenge sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), by remotely navigating a sophisticated ...