Los Angeles – From Genoa to Los Angeles, a team of the Italian Institute of Technology brings a robot (Walkman) to first edition of the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC), the international competition between robotic experts launched in September 2012 by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the US Department of Defense. The goal is to define robot technological standards to be used in situations of natural or manmade disasters. The competition – held in Pomona, near Los Angeles, on June 5-6 – will feature 25 teams from the USA, Japan, South Korea, Europe, Hong Kong, and China. Robots include:m Walkman, the NASA robot Jet PropulsionLabs and one developed by Boston Dynamics with DARPA that will be used by seven teams, including the MIT. The prize is $3.5 million that will be awarded to the top three teams. (9colonne)
