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MIT's Participation in the DARPA Robotics Challenge
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MIT competed in the DARPA Robotics Challenge where teams could enter as a hardware team that brought their own robot or as a software team that would try to win the right to use one of the Boston Dynamics robots. The challenge aimed to address degraded networks in natural disasters and was part of a series of challenges organized by DARPA, including the Grand Challenge and Urban Challenge that focused on self-driving cars.
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The speaker discusses the challenges of developing a minimal state dimension for a robot hand and object in contact, and the importance of considering mechanics when developing representations.
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Summary
The speaker discusses the challenges of developing a minimal state dimension for a robot hand and object in contact, and the importance of considering mechanics when developing representations. They suggest that learning is likely the key to success.
ChapterMIT's Participation in the DARPA Robotics Challenge
Episode#114 – Russ Tedrake: Underactuated Robotics, Control, Dynamics and Touch
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
Michael Littman and his team at MIT discusses their participation in the DARPA Robotics Challenge, a competition focused on developing humanoid robots, including both a virtual software challenge and a physical hardware challenge.
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Michael Littman and his team at MIT discusses their participation in the DARPA Robotics Challenge, a competition focused on developing humanoid robots, including both a virtual software challenge and a physical hardware challenge.
ChapterMIT's Participation in the DARPA Robotics Challenge
Episode#114 – Russ Tedrake: Underactuated Robotics, Control, Dynamics and Touch
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The DARPA Robotics Challenge pushes teams to develop autonomous robots that could potentially operate in areas dangerous for human beings, such as disaster zones.
46:55 - 50:18 (03:23)
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The DARPA Robotics Challenge pushes teams to develop autonomous robots that could potentially operate in areas dangerous for human beings, such as disaster zones. Teams are challenged to make their robots capable of performing tasks in areas devastated by natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis.