ROBOTS in sinister public-relations push ahead of coming WAR ON HUMANS

DARPA's robotics challenge concluded this weekend and $3.5m has been apportioned between the three best-performing teams. Robots that competed in the event were scored on how many of the eight tasks they managed to complete, with the amount of time taken to complete those tasks used as a tiebreaker. 23 teams participated in …

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[Little Mouse]

Where was the test site? Hatton Garden?

"drive a car to the test site, open a door, cross rubble, go up some stairs, cut through a wall, open an industrial rotary valve, and perform a mystery task"

Though they appear to have missed "Abseil down lift shaft" off the list.

[Toltec]

Re: Where was the test site? Hatton Garden?

Getting past chuggers...

[Anonymous Coward]

Johnny Five

Is that you??

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Johnny Five

Johnny Five is alive!

[Anonymous Coward]

Disappointed none of them look like Johny Number 5

[Anonymous Blowhard]

The DARPA tests worry me

Driving cars

Opening doors

Crossing rubble

All of these are key requirements for a Terminator; if the next round of test includes "using firearms" or "riding motorcycles" then it's time to head for the hills and start stockpiling weapons...

[Ugotta B. Kiddingme]

"tincandroids"

+1 for that.

[Chazmon]

Gotta love the nested acronym. I'm sure el reg could have helped them with that...

[Joey]

'to enter areas too dangerous for humans'

Most of the Middle East then!

[Anonymous Coward]

This is what happens when you feel sorry for a robot

you get Devil Baby

[JaffaMan]

A fascinating area which shows how far we have come, yet how far we still have to go!

The BBC has a little "fail" compilation here.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-33045713

Bless their little tranistors - they're trying soo hard!

[Novatone]

Unplug and plug it in again?

If robots can unplug power cords and plug them in again my tech support business is in trouble.

[VeganVegan]

They can also wield katanas (samurai sword) quite well

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O3XyDLbaUmU

Light saber next.

[Allan George Dyer]

$3.5m?

I'll go for that.

Can someone help me on with this Tin Man suit?

[Martin Budden]

I'm seriously impressed.

I wasn't expecting an untethered autonomous robot to be able to do all that - and so quickly! Congratulations to the humans who built the robots.

[shamus21]

To many Robots already

I do not no why we are trying to make more Robots we already have millions or is that billions on planet earth most of which are doing nothing.

[CCCP]

Re: To many Robots already

Did you forget your meds again?

[Michael Wojcik]

Re: To many Robots already

Lazy stinking robots. Just sitting around running off the free government electricity. They should all cut their nonexistent hair, polish themselves up, and get a damn job.