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DARPA Autonomous Robot Race Rules Announced

Posted by timothy on from the at-least-i-didn't-say-released dept.

NASAKnight writes "Remember the slashdot story a while back about the DARPA Autonomous Robot Race? Well, they were supposed to post initial rules and information in September, but they were late. They just came out today, so take a look."

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  1. Damn, I was hoping for All Terrain BattleBots by immanis · · Score: 2, Interesting

    From the rules: The goal of this competition is for the race vehicle to complete the course as fast as possible. Interfering with other race vehicles will not be allowed.

    I think they just ruled out 90% of the best bot designers in the US. I mean, who wouldn't want to see Toro or Ronincharge up on some weinie scientist's bot and tear it to pieces?

    Maybe this will spark a new arena for bot-combat.

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    1. Re:Damn, I was hoping for All Terrain BattleBots by riedquat · · Score: 2, Interesting

      And of course they rule out 90% of the best bot designers in the world by only allowing US teams to enter.

      Anyhow I don't think a battlebot-style machine will win this. They said the terrain will be navigable by a pick-up truck, so my first idea would be... a modified pick-up truck.