All participants of the DARPA robot competition have been identified.

The final round of the DARPA Robotics Challenge will take place on December 20-21 - competitions of autonomous robots that are able to execute arbitrary teams, independently make decisions and replace rescue people at the site of a natural disaster or man-made disaster. In recent days, four more teams have announced themselves, so that the total number of participants has reached 17 teams .

DARPA organized a competition after the reasons for the Fukushima accident became known. As it turned out, simply closing the valve to stop the leakage of hydrogen in the reactor building could prevent a catastrophe. Unfortunately, this was not done.

According to DARPA, models of robots at the 2013 competition have the intelligence of an approximately two-year-old child. They have to navigate difficult situations, recognize objects and perform eight actions under the control of the operator, such as “close the valve”, “open the door”, “climb the stairs”, etc.

Task 1: Driving

The robot must drive from a safe place to the place of the accident along a difficult route.
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Task 2: independent movement

Independent overcoming the obstacle course.

Task 3: Debris Analysis

Boards and building blocks weigh up to 4.4 kg.

Task 4: Open the doors and enter the building

Three metal doors open in different ways: one must be pushed away, the other two are pulled over, with the last door blocked by a latch. The robot must first turn the doorknob .

Task 5: Ladder

The robot must climb the stairs at an angle of 60 ° or 75 °, to choose a team.

Task 6: Wall

You need to drill the marked triangular wall fragment with a drill.

Task 7: Valve

Find and close three valves of different sizes and types.

Task 8: Fire Hose

Unwind and connect the fire hose.

The December round is the fourth stage of the competition, the so-called Track D. At previous rounds, the software of the robots was evaluated, now for the first time the jury will evaluate the robots during the execution of these tasks. Speech robots will be open. Spectators are invited on December 20 at 8:00 to the race track in the city of Homestead (pc. Florida).

Below are the robots of four new participating teams that joined the final stage of the competition.