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Dave Dempsey

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6. 6. 2015 - 10:19

Today's Webtip: Robofails

11 reaons humanity will be able to breathe a sigh of relief for the foreseeable future.

DARPA really wants to meet our future robotic overlords. They want it so much they are willing to offer $2 million US Dollar in prize money to the team whose robot can successfully complete a selection of relatively simple tasks.

Well, simple for humans. Impressively complex for autonomous robots.

You can enjoy a collection of some of the best fails from DARPA's robotic challenge at popularmechanics.com.

The selection of tasks is varied. The end result isn't.