DARPA’s Subterranean Challenge(spectrum.ieee.org)
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DARPA’s Subterranean Challenge
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First responders or... hunter killers.
Seriously though, impressive display by the teams. Someday in the future I will be able to sit outside an abandoned mine drinking coffee while the robots map it all out in 3d.
Seriously though, impressive display by the teams. Someday in the future I will be able to sit outside an abandoned mine drinking coffee while the robots map it all out in 3d.
They talk a lot about the mapping system they have developed in the interview, I wonder if there's any more information about it available? I can only imagine what'll be possible when technology like that is availabile more freely
You can find it at:
https://data61.csiro.au/en/Our-Research/Our-Work/Monitoring-...
https://data61.csiro.au/en/Our-Research/Our-Work/Monitoring-...
Wouldn't a miniature drone swarm be more accessible and quicker I wonder? Battery time would be an issue I understand but the mapping would also be quicker, in less than 30 minutes perhaps.
Risk of colliding with stalactites was the problem, as well colliding and communicating with each other. Don't think the tech is there currently.
kinda like the floating orb robots from prometheus.
Very impressive.
https://i.imgur.com/1Mi9YwA.png