Grand (Robot) Prix
This is a different race. It is race of Humvee's and SUV's maneuvered by Robots with their laser sharp sensor eyes and artificial intelligent computer brain. The 'urban challenge' is about how your robot drives 60 miles in 6 hours in urban traffic environment. This year's challenge is in Nov 3rd in CA. This race is not about speed, average speed is around 50 miles/hr. The race is about the robustness in the autonomous maneuvering algorithm in extreme condition. The grand finale of 2005 challenge was in the desert, 175 miles in 10 hours. The race track is full of human made obstacles and the robot had to learn and find its way out of the maze.
This race improves the research in Artificial Intelligence. More importantly, it finds one better utility for AI research than making computers play chess super efficiently. DARPA funds this challenge. This has an immediate application in battle fields; where ground troops movement in dangerous places can be replaced with this auto-maneuvering robots. That's interesting application for these research!
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1 comments:
I saw a 50% of a movie called PuzzleHead (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puzzlehead). Its about man along with a humanoid. Very relevant post, as I cud relate how the robots was once slow & lethargic, now can ride at 50 miles/hr. Shud be interesting to see the challenge. :)
Thalla, namma robo pet project yenna aachu?
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