DARPA Grand Challenge

By Sharon Weinberger The orbit around Earth is a very messy place and the Pentagon’s far-out research arm wants to do something about it. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency put out a notice yesterday requesting information on possible solutions to the infamous space debris problem. ALSO:

By Ben Mack Nevertheless, the engineers at VW are confident that in the future they will be able to reach the company's goal of making autonomous vehicles safer and more fun. Last year, Junior managed to finish in second place at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Urban Challenge....

By Andru Edwards Robotics engineer Stefan Schaal so impressed DARPA (the U. S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) with his robotic dog that they have given him $1.5 million to continue his research. Traveling at a speed of only 0.6-inches/second, the toy poodle-size Robo-dog measures position, ve...

By Robert Jaques The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has renewed a $1.5m contract with the University of Southern California to develop smart robo-dogs. The robots were developed by Stefan Schaal, an associate professor in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering's Department of Computer Sc...

By Robert Jaques Robert Jaques, vnunet.com, Monday 9 July 2007 at 00:00:00 Darpa invests $1.5m in robotics project The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has renewed a $1.5m contract with the University of Southern California to develop smart robo-dogs.... gt;Read the full article

Apparently the folks at Darpa have never seen The Matrix, Terminator or any of 1,000 other movies. Hence the LANdroid project progresses: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency plans to develop a fleet of robots that soldiers can deploy in urban combat settings as they move throu...