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机器人奥运:日本Schaft在为期2天的比赛中拔得头筹

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Team Schaft - DARPA Robotics Challenge

December 21, 2013 08:05am ETRobot Olympics: Japan's Schaft Takes Lead in 2-Day Competition  Team Schaft's robot tries to connect the nozzle of a hose to a wall component during one of the tasks on Dec. 20, 2013. Credit: Denise Chow/LiveScience View full size image

HOMESTEAD, Fla. — After one full day of competition, a two-legged, 209-pound (95 kilograms) blue robot sits atop the leaderboard here at the DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials.

The world-class robotics competition features 17 teams from five different countries attempting to demonstrate some of the most advanced disaster-response capabilities in the field of robotics. DARPA, the agency within the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for developing new technologies for the military, designed the contest as a way to foster the development of new robots that could one day work with humans to secure disaster sites in the aftermath of a natural or man-made catastrophe.

The two-day event is being held at the Homestead Miami Speedway. The scored competition is based on the teams' performance in eight challenging tasksthat test the robots' mobility, perception, strength and dexterity. [WATCH LIVE: DARPA Robotics Challenge]

The tasks include driving a vehicle through a marked course; removing debris from a doorway; navigating over rubble and uneven terrain; climbing an industrial ladder; retrieving and connecting a hose; opening three different types of doors; using tools to cut through drywall; and closing a series of valves to demonstrate dexterity.

The Challenge is a series of tasks to test the capabilities of robots designed for disaster response in emergencies. See full infographic.Credit: by Karl Tate, Infographics ArtistView full size image

After the first day of competition, a two-legged robot built by Schaft Inc., a Japanese robotics company, is currently in the lead with 18 points. A humanoid robot operated by engineers at MIT is currently in second place with 12 points. Saturday (Dec. 21), the robots will battle through another round of challenges before a winner is crowned. [Images: Meet the DARPA Robotics Challengers]

"DARPA is really, really happy with this great first day," Brad Tousley, director of DARPA's Tactical Technology Office, told reporters in a news briefing Friday evening. "The motivation, enthusiasm, professionalism and the work that all the teams put in — I think they did an awesome job."

The day's events not only showcased advanced robotic technology, but also the creativity and ingenuity of their human operators. In one case, the DRC-Hubo robot, built by engineers at Drexel University in Philadelphia, nearly made it to the top of a ladder by having the robot ascend backwards.

To evaluate the robots' ability to perceive its environment during the tasks, the human engineers that control the movements of the machines are forced to operate "blindly" inside the Speedway's garages, where the teams have each set up their headquarters. As such, these controllers can only "see" what the robot detects with its cameras and sensors.

Still, the technologies on display in the Robotics Challenge are in the early stages of their development, and the robots move very slowly as they approach each task.

"To do disaster-response tasks requires robots that can operate in an environment that has been designed by human beings," DARPA director Arati Prabhakar told LiveScience. "Things that are very simple for us — getting into a vehicle, opening a door and walking through it, or just moving through an obstacle course — for robots, these are incredibly complex tasks."

Through its incentive-based challenges, DARPA is hoping to speed up the pace of development in the field.

"When we started down this path, we knew there was a lot of great research brewing," Prabhakar said. "But, the purpose of the Challenge is to put a task out in front of these teams that really requires them to pull all those pieces together and actually build a robotic capability that can execute the task. It's a wonderful forcing function to get beyond just tuning the individual pieces of the technology. This is a great example of exactly where Challenges can be very, very helpful."

Originally, 17 teams were scheduled to compete at the Robotics Challenge Trials, but a group from China, called Intelligent Pioneer, encountered travel issues that prevented them from arriving in Florida in time for the competition, according to DARPA officials. Intelligent Pioneer was one of four teams that entered the trials with robots that had been built entirely with their own funds, without any support from DARPA.

This week's trials will help determine which teams move on to the DARPA Robotics Finals, which will be held roughly 12 to 18 months from now, Tousley said. In that final stage of the competition, teams will compete for a $2 million grand prize.



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机器人奥运:日本Schaft在为期2天的比赛中拔得头筹

Team Schaft - DARPA Robotics Challenge

Robot奥运会:日本Schaft注意到在2天引Competition 队Schaft的机器人试图在一个软管喷嘴连接到墙壁组件任务12月20日的,2013年

比赛后一整天,两条腿,209磅(95公斤)的蓝色机器人上面坐这里了领先的DARPA机器人挑战赛选拔赛.


世界一流的机器人竞赛设有17支球队来自五个不同国家的企图演示一些在机器人技术领域的最先进的救灾能力。 DARPA,美国国防部部负责开发新技术,为军内的机构,设计大赛,以此来促进新的机器人,可能有一天的工作与人类,以确保灾难现场在一个自然或之后的发展人为灾难.


为期两天的活动正在举行的宅基迈阿密高速道路。该拿下的竞争是基于团队的流动性,感知,力量和敏捷“八具有挑战性的tasksthat测试机器人的性能”。 [观看现场直播:DARPA机器人挑战WATCH LIVE: DARPA Robotics Challenge从门口清除杂物;导航在瓦砾和不平坦的地形;攀登工业梯;检索和连接软管;开了三种不同类型的门;使用的工具,通过砌墙削减;和关闭一系列阀门展示灵巧。

的挑战是一系列的任务来测试机器人设计用于在紧急情况下应对灾害的能力。查看全部infographic.


比赛的第一天之后,通过Schaft公司,日本的机器人技术公司建成了两条腿的机器人,目前在领先了18分。工程师在麻省理工学院工作人形机器人目前正在与12分屈居第二。周六(12月21日),机器人将通过新一轮的挑战,争夺一个胜利者加冕之前。 [图片:符合DARPA的机器人挑战赛Images: Meet the DARPA Robotics Challengers布拉德Tousley中,DARPA的战术技术办公室主任告诉记者,在一次新闻发布会上周五晚上。 "动机,热情,专业和工作,所有的队伍放在—我认为他们做了一个真棒工作和QUOT;


当天的活动不仅展示了先进的机器人技术,而且他们的操作人员的创造力和智慧。在一个案例中,刚果民主共和国,HUBO机器人,工程师在费城德雷塞尔大学的建成,几乎完全被具有机器人登上向后.


评价机器人“期间的任务,以感知环境的能力去到梯子的顶部,控制机器的运动的人的工程师被迫工作"盲目"里面的赛道的车库,那里的球队都有各自设立总部。因此,这些控制器只能"见"什么机器人检测其照相机和传感器.


尽管如此,关于在机器人挑战显示的技术都在其发展的早期阶段,和机器人移动非常缓慢的,因为它们接近每一个任务.



u0026 QUOT;若要执行灾难 - 响应任务需要机器人,可以在已被设计为通过人类的环境中操作," DARPA主管阿尔提普拉巴卡尔告诉LiveScience。 "事情对我们和mdash非常简单;进入车辆??,打开门,通过它散步,或通过一个障碍及mdash只是移动;机器人,这些都是极其复杂的任务和QUOT;


通过其激励为基础的挑战,DARPA希望加快发展的步伐,在现场.



u0026 QUOT;当我们开始沿着这条道路,我们知道有一个很多伟大的研究酝酿,"普拉巴卡尔说。 "但是,该挑战赛的目的是把一个任务,在这些队伍的前面,真正需要他们拉那些拼在一起,并真正建立能够执行该任务的机器人的能力。这是一个美妙的强制函数来获取不仅仅是调整各个部分的技术。这是完全是一个很好的例子,其中的挑战是非常,非常有帮助和QUOT;


原来,17支球队被安排参与竞争的机器人挑战赛选拔赛,而是一群来自中国,所谓的智能先锋,这阻碍了他们遇到的出行问题从抵达佛罗里达赶在比赛中,根据DARPA的官员。智能先锋是四支球队一个进入临床试验与已经建成完全用自己的资金的机器人,没有从DARPA任何支持  


这一周的试验将有助于确定哪支球队进入到DARPA的机器人总决赛,这将在从现在大致保持12?18个月,Tousley所述。在比赛的最后阶段,球队将争夺$ 2亿巨奖.

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