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"Picture the Olympic Games — except instead of human athletes, the competitors are all insect-sized robots.
...The robots would be developed for a new DARPA program called Short-Range Independent Microrobotic Platforms (SHRIMP). Under SHRIMP, the bug-sized bots will be tested for deploying in locations that are difficult for people to navigate, or are dangerous or inaccessible to humans, according to the statement.
...One of the "sports" categories for the bots will test untethered actuator-power systems, showing how high and how far the robot can jump, how much weight they can lift, how far they can throw objects and how they perform in a tug of war.
The other category is for complete robot designs: The tiny bots will be evaluated on rock piling, climbing a vertical surface, navigating an obstacle course, and performing in a biathlon."
What could possibly go wrong?
3 comments:
Don't say it like that.
Without DARPA, we wouldn't be conversing.
(and I would never have known how sweet you are)
Oh, Ed :)
Just kidding, but you are very nice.
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