[ExI] nasa robot

Adrian Tymes atymes at gmail.com
Sat Jan 4 21:31:28 UTC 2014


On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 1:52 PM, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 7:53 PM, BillK  wrote:
> > <
> http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/darpa-robotics-challenge-trials-results
> >
> > promise to have more coverage and videos soon.
>
> But don't expect anything exciting.
>
> One spectator of the live feed said it was like watching paint dry.
> And another watching a robot take 30 minutes to climb a ladder said it
> was like sculpture in motion.
>

A couple weeks later, still nothing.  Doesn't look like they intend to show
exactly what the performance was.  (Possibly because it would be so
non-entertaining, and the Web site is mainly to get people interested
enough to give more money to future efforts.)
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