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HAPTIX program underway to create prosthetic hand system that moves and feels like a real hand
Open Source Robotics Foundation
09 Sep 2016
By: Brian Gerkey
Fundamentally, robotics is about helping people. Robots help us manufacture things, help us build things, and help make our lives easier and more convenient. As robotic systems in...
Echoes of the DRC at Humanoids 2015
Ricardo Téllez
13 Nov 2015
Last week, the Humanoids 2015 conference was held in Seoul, Korea. It's the first event to focus on humanoid robots since the Darpa Robotics Challenge (DRC) earlier this year and, in fact, the locati...
DARPA takes its Robotics Fast Track program on a West Coast tour, Nov. 17-19
Open Source Robotics Foundation
12 Nov 2015
The Open Source Robotics Foundation is joining DARPA and Tandem National Security Innovations on the road to spread the word about DARPA’s Robotics Fast Track Program. We’re proud to support the o...
Former DARPA Program Manager Gill Pratt to direct Toyota’s new $50M robotics investment
Ioannis K. Erripis
04 Sep 2015
In a surprise move today, Toyota held a press conference (see video below) announcing a substantial investment in robotics and AI research to develop "advanced driving support" technology, with forme...
DARPA Robotics Challenge leaves brilliant PR legacy
Andra Keay
09 Jun 2015
With this robotics Grand Challenge, DARPA has advanced both the science of robotics and the story. Real robots did useful things, like operate power tools, drive cars and climb stairs far more succe...
Don’t be fooled by robots falling down at DARPA’s Robotics Challenge
Brad Templeton, Robocars.com
08 Jun 2015
This weekend I went to Pomona, CA for the 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge, where robots (mostly humanoid) competed at a variety of disaster response and assistance tasks. This contest — a successor ...
Live video and tweets from the #DARPADRC Finals
Robohub Editors
05 Jun 2015
Livestream video and tweets on the ground in Pomona, California and the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) Finals.
[tweetquote]Robohub's Andra Keay @svrobo is onsite at the DRC Finals to keep you post...
DARPA Robotic Challenge Finals begin
Frank Tobe
05 Jun 2015
The DARPA Robotic Challenge Finals at the Pomona Fairgrounds is a far bigger event than I imagined. Four sets like this one plus a stage, a grandstand full of people and an exposition hall with 80+ ex...
On stage at the DRC: While organizers create a disaster zone, competitors go for comedy
DARPA Robotics Challenge
04 Jun 2015
The DRC is all about pushing robotics technology forward. It’s all about creating a community devoted to innovation. And as it comes down to the finale on Friday and Saturday, it will also be about ...
DRC is not just about building robots; it’s about building community
Gill Pratt and DARPA Robotics Challenge
03 Jun 2015
Something remarkable is happening in Building 9 here at the Fairplex in Pomona, Calif. Imagine a long, giant warehouse-like building divided into 24 bays, within which people from around the world are...
DARPA’s Robotics Challenge: A pocket-sized guide to the finals
Adriana Hamacher
03 Jun 2015
DARPA's latest Challenge reaches its climax on 6 June 2015, when 25 finalists compete for $3.5m of prize money in what’s possibly the most anticipated robotic contest ever. Since its inception in 20...
Move-in day for the DRC Finals
DARPA Robotics Challenge
02 Jun 2015
Traveling from dozens of locations around the world, the teams competing in the DARPA Robotics Challenge have begun unloading their precious cargo into their respective working bays inside the caverno...
DARPA’s legacy: Open source simulation for robotics development and testing
DARPA Robotics Challenge
27 May 2015
When the DARPA Robotics Challenge first began to coalesce from an idea to a plan, we knew that we wanted to create a lasting legacy not only for robot hardware capabilities, but also for robotics simu...
Two media critiques about our future with robots
Frank Tobe
26 May 2015
After years of alarmist comments from robo-ethicists, futurists, technologists, business leaders and pundits, including Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Stephen Hawking, two journalists bring some reality to...
Robotics Fast Track now accepting applications
Open Source Robotics Foundation
19 May 2015
We’re excited to announce that OSRF and BIT Systems are seeking innovative and revolutionary robotics projects for the Robotics Fast Track (RFT) effort, sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Pr...
Five high school students win Robots4Us Video Contest — and a trip to the DRC Finals
DARPA Robotics Challenge
19 May 2015
Five short videos prepared by U.S. high school students have been selected as winning entries in DARPA’s “Robots4Us” video contest and will be featured at a June 7 invitational workshop on the f...
The value of open source simulation for robotics development and testing | DRC Blog
Hallie Siegel
17 Apr 2015
"When the DARPA Robotics Challenge first began to coalesce from an idea to a plan, we knew that we wanted to create a lasting legacy not only for robot hardware capabilities, but also for robotics sim...
NASA’s Valkyrie Humanoid Busting Fresh Moves Courtesy of IHMC (VIDEO)
Reno Tibke
15 Feb 2015
Next to Team SCHAFT's new Google overlords withdrawing them from further competition, the poor showing of NASA's Valkyrie robot might have seemed the DRC Trials's biggest disappointment, but it's nowh...
DARPA’s HAPTIX project hopes to provide prosthetic hands with sense of touch
Open Source Robotics Foundation
11 Feb 2015
The Gazebo team has been hard at work setting up a simulation environment for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)’s Hand Proprioception and Touch Interfaces (HAPTIX) program. The g...
Recent robotics transactions
Frank Tobe
09 Feb 2015
New Chinese robotics investment fund; the RIA says 2014 North American robotics set new sales record; marine robotics company gets acquired. These stories and many more … ...
Obama connects robots to jobs in State of the Union address
Hallie Siegel
22 Jan 2015
US President Barack Obama linked robots and jobs in his sixth State of the Union address this Tuesday. The State of the Union Address is usually delivered annually by the President in a joint sessio...
DARPA announces new challenges, teams, and research goals for the DRC’s finale in June 2015
Ransom Mowris
27 Jun 2014
Teams of roboticists from around the globe will convene in Los Angeles for the third and final round of the DARPA Robotics Challenge on June 5th and 6th, 2015. For this phase, DARPA will be cutting ...
SCHAFT staying in DRC | Automaton
Robohub Editors
27 Mar 2014
After the DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials ended last December and Team SCHAFT emerged victorious, there was a rumor going around that Google, which had acquired SCHAFT just months earlier, wasn'...
Google & DARPA want divorce | The Verge
John Payne
22 Mar 2014
“Google’s new rock star robotics companies, Boston Dynamics and Schaft, still have obligations to DARPA — meaning Google and DARPA are entangled in a shotgun marriage, forced to shar...
DARPA’s Gill Pratt on Google’s robotics investments
Gill Pratt and Robohub Editors
19 Mar 2014
When Google bought Boston Dynamics last December, the news made headlines, but it was not the first time the Internet giant has invested in DARPA-funded robotics. As part of Robohub's Big Deals series...
Who Is SCHAFT, the Robot Company Bought by Google and Winner of the DRC by IEEE Spectrum
Ioannis K. Erripis
06 Feb 2014
Here's everything we know about this secretive robotics startupSee on spectrum.ieee.org...
Japanese Team Schaft Gets Highest DRC Score
Frank Tobe
24 Dec 2013
Recent Google acquisition, Schaft, a spin-off from Tokyo University, attained the highest score in the DARPA Robotics Challenge trials and wins $1 million to work towards the final challenge at the en...
Automaton’s overview of the first day of the DRC trials | IEEE Spectrum
Sabine Hauert
21 Dec 2013
The first day of the DRC Trials offers plenty of action and a few surprisesSee on spectrum.ieee.org...
DARPA Robotics Challenge
Frank Tobe
20 Dec 2013
The DRC is a $2 million competition of robot systems and software teams vying to develop robots capable of assisting humans in responding to natural and man-made disasters. It is sponsored by DARPA (D...
DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials live broadcast
Ioannis K. Erripis
20 Dec 2013
The time has come for the robots competing on the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) to make their first public appearance. The trials for the final 2014 event will take place on December 20-21, 2013 and ...
DARPA Robotics Challenge trials: What you should (and shouldn’t) expect to see | IEEE Spectrum
Sabine Hauert
19 Dec 2013
The DRC Trials start tomorrow; here's how to calibrate your expectationsSee on spectrum.ieee.org...
The 400lb CHIMP in the room: CMU’s Tartan Rescue Team prepares for the DRC
Shima Rayej
17 Dec 2013
Carnegie Mellon University’s Tartan Rescue Team has completed assembly of its 400 pound 5-foot-2 inch tall simian-like robot that will compete in the first annual DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) in H...
The DARPA Robotics Challenge, with Paul Oh
Sabine Hauert
13 Dec 2013
Link to audio file (40:39)In this episode, Sabine Hauert interviews Paul Oh, the Director of the Drexel Autonomous Systems Lab at Drexel University. His team, spanning 10 universities, is competing in...
NASA JSC unveils ‘Valkyrie’ DRC robot | IEEE Spectrum
Andra Keay
10 Dec 2013
NASA's DARPA Robotics Challenge entry is much more than Robonaut with legs: it's a completely new humanoid robot
See on spectrum.ieee.org...
Google buys up robotics companies from DRC
Andra Keay
04 Dec 2013
If you've recently wondered where all the roboticists were going, the answer is to an unassuming complex in Palo Alto. Google has backed Android developer Andy Rubin to acquire at least 7 major roboti...
Beginner’s guide to the humanoid robot challenge (DRC)
Andra Keay
03 Dec 2013
The first real world trial in the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) will be held on December 20-21 2013 at Homestead Freeway in Florida. Yes, it's open to the public. Anyone can come along and watch huma...
