Tag Archives: Challenge

Start Your Engine, Roboboat!

Posted on July 12, 2013 by jtozer

In a race against one another and the clock, robotic boats are battling it out at the 6th International RoboBoat Competition, from July 8th through July 14th. The Office of Naval Research (ONR)-co-sponsored competition will take place on a pond …
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Want $2 Million? Build A Robot!

Posted on June 21, 2013 by jtozer

It’s that time of the year again. The birds are chirping. The sun is shining. The flowers are blooming. Yes, that’s right. I’m talking about the DARPA Robotics Challenge. It’s back! What, did you think I was going to say …
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These Robot Legs Were Made For Walkin’

Posted on June 26, 2012 by jtozer

Remember the $2 million-dollar robot contest I was telling you about a couple of months ago? Well check out these babies. This video shows versions of DARPA and Boston Dynamics robots climbing stairs, walking on a treadmill and doing pushups. …
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Posted in Robots, Videos | Tagged AI, Boston Dynamics, Challenge, compatible, DARPA, DARPA Robotics Challenge, disaster response, exciting, gaming, Hardware, human-robot environments, humanoid robot solutions, innovation, modeling, PETMAN, robotics, robots, robots walking up stairs, scenarios, software, video, walking | Comments Off

ONR Awarding Top Dollar To Top Students

Posted on May 13, 2012 by jtozer

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is awarding more than $160,000 in scholarships to a group of young scientists and engineers competing at Intel ISEF 2012, May 13-18 in Pittsburgh, Pa. The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) competition draws more than …
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Posted in Challenge, Featured | Tagged $8000, Challenge, Chief of Naval Research Rear Adm. Matthew Klunder, Department of the Navy Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions Program, Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, ISEF, London International Youth Science Forum, Lone Sailor statue, Marine Corps, navy, Office of Naval Research, onr, Tuition Scholarship Awards | Comments Off

Wanted: Robot. Willing To Pay $2M

Posted on April 16, 2012 by jtozer

Do you want two million dollars? Can you build amazing robots? If so, have we got the most awesome contest FOR YOU!
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Beyond Waste

Posted on April 11, 2012 by jtozer

From www.launch.org The goal of the LAUNCH: Beyond Waste Challenge is to identify ten “game changing” innovations that have the potential to transform the current waste management systems and practices to ones focused on minimizing waste and/or transforming waste into …
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Posted in Challenge, Earth Sciences, Energy, STEM | Tagged behavioral change, Beyond Waste Challenge, business, Challenge, design for zero waste solutions, disruptive innovation, energy, environment, environmental impact, financial strategies, going green, launch, new products, policy, sustainability, systems design, transforming, waste, waste elimination, waste mitigation technologies, waste reduction-focused education, waste transformation | Comments Off

DARPA Asks “Can You Design, Build, and Fly the Next-Generation UAV?” [VIDEO]

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Carla Voorhees

Small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) play a critical role in modern military operations. The next generation of these aerial robotic systems needs to have enhanced takeoff and landing capabilities, better endurance, require less support equipment and be adaptable to mission …
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Posted in Challenge, STEM, Technology, Videos | Tagged Challenge, DARPA, UAV | 1 Comment

DARPA Announces Experimental Crowd-derived Combat-support Vehicle (XC2V) Design Challenge

Posted on February 4, 2011 by John Ohab

Win up to $10,000, Support the Warfighter Today’s warfighters are called upon to operate at peak efficiency in virtually every terrain and under myriad harsh environmental conditions. Would their ability to face rapidly changing mission demands improve by introducing a …
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