You Need To Be Watching The DARPA Robotics Challenge Live Right Now
Friday, June 5, 2015 - 14:00
in Mathematics & Economics
It's not quite the robot gladiator deathmatch that has been foretold in numerous science fiction movies. Still, the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals 2015 taking place right now (June 5th, 7 a.m. — June 6th, 5 p.m. local time) in Ponoma, California, is oddly fascinating and addictive to behold live, as you can do below via DARPA's YouTube channel and DRC website.The challenge, which began with a series of early trials all the way back in 2012 and is hosted by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, reaches its epic conclusion this week by putting robots operated by 25 of the top science…