Feds pony up $3.5m for robot race
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Military complex not as frugal as thought After foraging through thousands of couches in Washington, the government has come up with $3.5m in prize money for the contestants in an upcoming robotic vehicle race.â¦
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The Bush administration asked Congress yesterday for permission to transfer nearly $3.5 billion from Iraqi water, sewer and electricity projects to pressing security, economic
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NASA has given the go-ahead to a Canadian firm to work on a possible robot-salvage mission to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The contract is valued at &#36;154 million and builds on the space robotics work of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) Ltd through its MD Robotics group in Brampton, Ontario.
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A camera-equipped robot, a three-wheeled car and avatars were the subjects of some of this week's video highlights.
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Legs or wheels? Entertaining or functional? The robot world has a lot of questions to resolve.
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The Russian government does not allocate enough money for the Russian space robotics, said Vitaliy Lopota, the director and chief constructor of the St Petersburg Institute of Robotics and Technical Cybernetics, as shown by Russian RBK TV "Intrigue of the Day" programme on 29 January.
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The Pentagon's research arm has reversed course and announced it will restore cash prizes to the top three finishers of a robot race set for next year.
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To join DARPA airship-bot flotilla 12 miles up Fuelled by a seemingly inexhaustible stream of federal military/security research cash, the US flying-robot industry seems to produce fresh wonders every day.â¦
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You can send a robot into a hole in the ground or in combat. That makes them the best employees around.
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Picture the scene: It's the holiday buying season, and ever since summer, consumers have been itching to get their hands on a 6-inch-tall robot with a quirky personality that evolves as its owners interact with it. The creature goes on to sell 50 million units, earning a stunning $1.2 billion.
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Head-Aimed Remote Viewer (HARV) gives robot drivers a better view.
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A research team has been awarded a $3.5 million federal grant to use a molecular detective technique to study and potentially improve the military&#39;s anthrax vaccine.
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Democratic Senate candidate Jim Webb raised $3.5 million the past three months, the first substantial cash infusion into his campaign but less than half that raised by Republican incumbent Sen. George Allen.
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MIT fares well in DARPA's famous robotic-car race.
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A research team has been awarded a &#36;3.5 million federal grant to use a molecular detective technique to study and potentially improve the military's anthrax vaccine.
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Australia pledges US$3.5m to help police catch those behind the bombing of its embassy in Indonesia.
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It's just the start of the Defense Department's $3.5 million Urban Challenge street rally for unmanned cars and already the autobots are crashing into walls and driving off on their own.