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Christopher Dickey | TheDailyBeast
The world may discover some hard truths this week at the amazing DARPA Robotics Challenge, a competition for the world’s next-generation machines.
Valkyrie and her fellow competitors—Chimp, RoboSimian, Hubo, Schaft and Thor—are at the center of a debate beset by distortions and spin on every side.
Robot Cops
Each PackBot is camera-equipped and remotely controlled to allow operators to examine suspicious objects and explore threatening environments. The robots will work in tandem with thousands of soldiers who will be patrolling the 12 host cities in Brazil.
Rethink Robotics
Baxter can learn tasks after being shown how to do them once.
To help keep the peace at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, FIFA has decided to go high-tech by enlisting military robots for security.
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