| Title:
| Flying Saucers and Mini-Tanks Highlight Spy Robot Competition
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| Description:
| Eleven teams, including universities, defense contractors and small companies, are competing in the British Ministry of Defense’s Grand Challenge with autonomous information-gathering vehicles that include flying saucers, a mini tank, several mini-helicopters and darts, among other machines. ... During the competition, the robots have to identify threats such as potential snipers and enemy vehicles and other threats, with minimal human guidance. The machines then have to report the information back to troops preparing for an assault. The judges will reward accuracy and autonomy.
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| Author:
| Maria José Viñas
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| Orig. Date:
| August 18, 2008
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| Source:
| The Chronicle of Higher Education: The Wired Campus
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| Subject:
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| Contributor:
| Bruce Buchanan
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| Comments:
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| Type:
| Text
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| Language:
| English
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| Format:
| html
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| Last Edit:
| Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:13:15 -0700
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