Competition Tests Student-Built Aerial Espionage Robots

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday August 8, 2013 @04:27PM from the eye-in-the-sky dept.

Zothecula writes "Some of the most advanced work in autonomous aerial robotics is not done by DARPA, or by massive corporations. Rather, it is accomplished by teams of university students who participate in the International Aerial Robotics Competition (IARC). For the past 23 years, the IARC has challenged college teams with missions requiring complex autonomous robotic behaviors that are often beyond the capabilities of even the most sophisticated military robots. This year's competition, which was held in China and the United States over the past week, saw the team from Tsinghua University in Beijing successfully complete the current mission – an elaborate espionage operation known as Mission Six."

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What could go wrong? by DavidClarkeHR · 2013-08-08 16:30 · Score: 3, Funny

Seriously. What could go wrong?

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1. Re:What could go wrong? by pegasustonans · 2013-08-08 17:00 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  Seriously. What could go wrong?
  You're ten years too late.
  Whatever could possibly go wrong is already definitely going wrong.
  
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