Monday, April 16, 2012

DARPA Robotic Challenge: $2M Prize

DARPA is giving out 2 million dollar prize to the contestants who can create robots "... to develop ground robotic capabilities to execute complex tasks in dangerous, degraded, human-engineered environments" 

Target profession: nuclear waste cleanup crews, disaster response professionals

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Humans vs. Robots: Who Should Dominate Space Exploration?

Wired Science poses a question in its Humans vs. Robots: Who Should Dominate Space Exploration? Don't we know the answer to this one already? Robots are cheaper (or will be soon), don't get sick and can do pretty much anything a human can - even better.

 Target profession: spacemen