Homeland Security Today

DARPA to Host Challenge Testing Robots for Disaster Response Operations

This summer, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the research arm of the Pentagon, is hosting a challenge that seeks to address the limitations of the human response to natural and ...
Defense One

Robots to the rescue: Humanoid systems take up DARPA’s challenge

The current state of robotics will be put to a serious test this weekend as 17 robots and software teams take their autonomous unmanned systems to Florida for the Defense Advanced Research Projects ...
Homeland Security Today

Robots to Drive Polaris RANGER at DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals

One of the hardest tasks for robots in the 2013 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Robotics Challenge Trials was driving. During the DRC Finals in June, the 25 competing robots and ...
The Baltimore Sun

AI trained robots, drones, team up with emergency rescue

In a simulated natural disaster, robotic drones from the University of Maryland’s RoboScout Team arrived first, scanning the area for survivors. They beamed patients’ locations to robot dogs and ...
eWeek

Inside DARPA’s High-Stakes Challenge to Build Life-Saving Robots

In this episode of eSpeaks, Jennifer Margles, Director of Product Management at BMC Software, discusses the transition from traditional job scheduling to the era of the autonomous enterprise. eSpeaks’ ...