Street Fighting Robot Challenge 180
ianchaos writes "There's no better way to assure the eventual destruction of mankind than by the event sponsored by Singapore's Defence Science and Technology Agency. Newscientist has a good writeup of the robot challenge, which is to build a robot that can operate autonomously in urban warfare conditions, moving in and out of buildings to search and destroy targets like a human soldier."
One word (Score:2, Funny)
Counter attack (Score:5, Funny)
Page is swamped (Score:5, Funny)
I for one (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Page is swamped (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Robocop (Score:5, Funny)
Based on the trend, probably in California politics of some kind.
As long as they... (Score:2, Funny)
Just an observation (Score:2, Funny)
Those cats were fast as lightning - HA
At first it was a little bit frightning
*insert asian music*
Street Fighter Robot? (Score:1, Funny)
well.. (Score:5, Funny)
But can they dance? (Score:2, Funny)
I liked the title (Score:4, Funny)
what a disappointment.
i mean, I would have even settled for robots playing street fighter.
or people street fighting over robots...
or something...
Pick your favorite death-bot! (Score:3, Funny)
2. iRobot -trendy, comes in black and white
3. Hunter-seeker - finders weepers
4. Terminator - capable of winning state elections
5. Matrix agent - software
6. Matrix squid - hardware
7. Suicide booth - manufactured by Bender
8. Robots are our friends - powered by old peoples' medicines
9. Martian Reprisal Interplanetary probe - that was for our babies!
10. Transformers - nasty power supplies
11. Cowbot Neal - no nuclear warheads. less lethal than iRobot. Lame.
Go Robo! (Score:5, Funny)
why not (Score:1, Funny)
You could just goto school and let them play you to victory.
Re:The Change in Combat Mentality (Score:2, Funny)
1) Do what thou wilt
2) See above
3) GOTO 1
Street Fighting Robot Chicken? (Score:2, Funny)
The Rules of Robot Fight Club (Score:5, Funny)
2nd RULE: Terminal WILL NOT transmit data about ROBOT FIGHT CLUB.
3rd RULE: If command "HALT" executed, or terminal fails to respond, or gives hardware error code the fight process will be killed.
4th RULE: Only two robots to a fight.
5th RULE: One fight per session.
6th RULE: No shirts, no shoes.
7th RULE: Fights will go on as long as required to complete the operation.
8th RULE: If this is terminal's first session at FIGHT CLUB, the terminal MUST fight.
**EXTERMINATE** (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Robocop (Score:1, Funny)
- Protect the Innocent
- Degrade all DRMed HD video files
Re:One word (Score:4, Funny)
Get a Roomba for cleaning the house; get a Bolo for destroying it.
*Beep* Hi, Sailor (Score:1, Funny)
Re:The Change in Combat Mentality (Score:3, Funny)
Maybe it's a nice building?
Bolo qualifications (Score:1, Funny)
A contest to build a robot that can operate autonomously in urban warfare conditions,
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moving in and out of buildings
Check, no problem for a Bolo to move into a building or out of the rubble
to search and destroy targets like a human soldier
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a robot that completes a stipulated set of tasks - yet to be revealed - in the fastest time possible.
Check, a Bolo can deal with changing requirements and will execute them with unparalleled speed
a robot that "must, on its own, be able to navigate both indoors and outdoors in an urban landscape and accomplish a set of assigned tasks within a stipulated time
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This robot must be able to negotiate a staircase and use the elevator to dash from one floor to another
The Bolo has no problems moving over the staircase, elevator system or various floors of the building. This has the added benefit that upon exiting, the building has been converted to a single story.
without the aid of satellite navigation, which may not be available indoors.
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Navigation without satellite help would require the robot "to have machine vision capabilities to identify visual cues along its intended path to serve as waypoints
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more complex tasks, like opening a door or using an elevator, can present a huge problem. "How do you know which button goes where, or even what floor you're on?" he says. "It's very, very confusing." One solution, he says, is to train a robot by presenting it with hundreds of different doors and elevators.
A Bolo can evaluate such situations with ease. It can then drive through the appropriate door.
I hope the crown comes in an extra large size.
Bolo Mark XV for the win!
Re:DARPA Worldwide? (Score:3, Funny)
No, I think he should be obligated to say that one in the interests of full disclosure. Things like communicable diseases and terminally bad taste in movies really should be brought out into the open early so people can make informed decisions.
Cheers