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DARPA's robotics challenge concluded this weekend and $3.5m has been apportioned between the three best-performing teams. Robots that competed in the event were scored on how many of the eight tasks they managed to complete, with the amount of time taken to complete those tasks used as a tiebreaker. 23 teams participated in …

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  1. Picky
    Happy

    As featured on BBC Click

    Cool Robot

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  2. Little Mouse

    Where was the test site? Hatton Garden?

    "drive a car to the test site, open a door, cross rubble, go up some stairs, cut through a wall, open an industrial rotary valve, and perform a mystery task"

    Though they appear to have missed "Abseil down lift shaft" off the list.

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    1. Toltec
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      Re: Where was the test site? Hatton Garden?

      Getting past chuggers...

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  3. Anonymous Coward
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    Johnny Five

    Is that you??

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      Re: Johnny Five

      Johnny Five is alive!

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  4. Anonymous Coward
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    Disappointed none of them look like Johny Number 5

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  5. Anonymous Blowhard

    The DARPA tests worry me

    Driving cars

    Opening doors

    Crossing rubble

    All of these are key requirements for a Terminator; if the next round of test includes "using firearms" or "riding motorcycles" then it's time to head for the hills and start stockpiling weapons...

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  6. Ugotta B. Kiddingme

    "tincandroids"

    +1 for that.

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  7. Chazmon
    Terminator

    Gotta love the nested acronym. I'm sure el reg could have helped them with that...

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  8. Joey

    'to enter areas too dangerous for humans'

    Most of the Middle East then!

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  9. Anonymous Coward
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    This is what happens when you feel sorry for a robot

    you get Devil Baby

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  10. JaffaMan

    A fascinating area which shows how far we have come, yet how far we still have to go!

    The BBC has a little "fail" compilation here.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-33045713

    Bless their little tranistors - they're trying soo hard!

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  11. Novatone

    Unplug and plug it in again?

    If robots can unplug power cords and plug them in again my tech support business is in trouble.

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  12. VeganVegan

    They can also wield katanas (samurai sword) quite well

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O3XyDLbaUmU

    Light saber next.

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  13. Allan George Dyer
    Joke

    $3.5m?

    I'll go for that.

    Can someone help me on with this Tin Man suit?

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  14. Martin Budden Silver badge
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    I'm seriously impressed.

    I wasn't expecting an untethered autonomous robot to be able to do all that - and so quickly! Congratulations to the humans who built the robots.

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  15. shamus21

    To many Robots already

    I do not no why we are trying to make more Robots we already have millions or is that billions on planet earth most of which are doing nothing.

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    1. CCCP
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      Re: To many Robots already

      Did you forget your meds again?

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    2. Michael Wojcik Silver badge
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      Re: To many Robots already

      Lazy stinking robots. Just sitting around running off the free government electricity. They should all cut their nonexistent hair, polish themselves up, and get a damn job.

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