WORCESTER, Mass. — A vehicle drives toward a disaster site, robot at the wheel. The robot stops the car and then steps out to walk toward the disaster. That’s not scene from the latest sci-fi movie, ...

Teams have been selected to compete in a U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) challenge to demonstrate a robot that can help humans respond to disasters. Under the Darpa Robotics ...

Developers of disaster recovery robots gathered in California this weekend to compete for a $2 million prize. Some robots shone. Many got stuck,... At DARPA Challenge, Robots (Slowly) Move Toward ...

DARPA has locked in the list of teams for its Robotics Challenge Finals, noting that the last test will be much tougher than those that came before. The finals, which pit teams of robots and their ...

A 10-school collaboration led by Drexel University is one of several groups worldwide who are working to advance robotics technology for disaster relief as part of a challenge laid down by the U.S.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) is planning to make things much harder for teams that will compete in the finals of its disaster-response Robotics Challenge, now being planned to ...

Keep in mind that the robot design entries were all aimed at helping DARPA to realize its dream of independent, autonomous, untethered robots that can rescue humans in post-disaster scenarios. The ...

“Can robots save lives?” This is the question at the heart of the DARPA Robotics Challenge. In DRC 101, we embed with the organizers and engineers pushing robots to perform tasks that might someday ...

When it comes to fully functional humanoid robots with versatile real-world dexterity, there are basically only two big games in town: ATLAS, a stompy kill-bot created by Boston Dynamics, and SCHAFT, ...

The current state of robotics will be put to a serious test this weekend as 17 robots and software teams take their autonomous unmanned systems to Florida for the Defense Advanced Research Projects ...

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 ...