DARPA Holds Robot Making Competition

It has been recently revealed that the DARPA Robotics Challenge will begin in October 2012. The winning team will be rewarded with $2 million prize, but it should be noted that winning the DARPA competition will not be an easy thing.
The DARPA has announced that they are looking for a robot which is able to perform each and every human activity and is beyond the today’s capabilities. Interested teams can register their entries by 31 May 2012.
Gill Pratt, who is DARPA Program Manager, was of the view that available robots perform well in emergency situation, and can be used in industry, defense, and education. This time, they want a robot that can help a person in most difficult situations like Tsunami and nuclear reactor incident.
“Teams are sought to compete in challenges involving staged disaster-response scenarios in which robots will have to successfully navigate a series of physical tasks corresponding to anticipated, real-world disaster-response requirements”, said Pratt.