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Japanese robot crushes rivals at DARPA competition Dec 22nd 2013, 22:01, by Sharon Gaudin A Japanese team dominated its 15 competitors at DARPA's Robotics Challenge in Florida this weekend. Team Schaft, a Japanese team that built its own two-legged, humanoid robot and the software to run it, garnered 27 points out of a possible 32 at the competition that pitted teams from sich institutions as MIT, NASA, Carnegie Mellon University and Worcester Polytechnic Institute against each other. The competition tested the robots' ability to accomplish eight tasks, including climbing a ladder, driving a car and scrambling over difficult terrain. The robotics event was sponsored by DARPA, or the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the research arm of the U.S. Department of Defense. Team Schaft's performance was highlighted by the fact that three of the teams didn't score a single point, including one of the two NASA teams in the contest. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Media files: schaft_s-one-100221241-small.png

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