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General Misc => Robot Videos => Topic started by: Admin on December 22, 2013, 03:34:30 AM

Title: the winner of the DARPA Robot Trials Challenge . . .
Post by: Admin on December 22, 2013, 03:34:30 AM

SHAFT takes on the DARPA Challenge . . . and wins.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diaZFIUBMBQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diaZFIUBMBQ)


ful: results here:
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/darpa-robotics-challenge-trials-results (http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/darpa-robotics-challenge-trials-results)

(http://spectrum.ieee.org/img/darpa-drc-final-score-1387672637012.png)

Title: Re: the winner of the DARPA Robot Trials Challenge . . .
Post by: jwatte on December 22, 2013, 11:46:20 AM

That looks pretty awesome. I'm kind-of disappointed when these competitions allow tethers, though.

Title: Re: the winner of the DARPA Robot Trials Challenge . . .
Post by: Kohanbash on December 31, 2013, 04:10:32 PM

You need to remember this was just the qualifying event. Next year is the real event with significantly increased difficulty.

Title: Re: the winner of the DARPA Robot Trials Challenge . . .
Post by: jwatte on December 31, 2013, 06:56:52 PM

Do they still allow tethers?