Going for gold! Meet the terrifying competitors in the US Government's 'Robot Olympics' - that will have to walk, climb, drive and use tools to win $2m prize

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Going for gold! Meet the terrifying competitors in the US Government's 'Robot Olympics' - that will have to walk, climb, drive and use tools to win $2m prize
5 June 2015, 12:35 am

       It has been dubbed the Robo-Olympics, and will see the world's most advanced robots go head to series in a series of ever more challending events.

Set to kick off in Pomona, California tomorrow, the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) will see twenty five of the top robotics organizations in the world compete for $3.5 million in prizes.

They will undergo a gruelling simulated disaster-response course, and organiser even warned a 'surprise' element will be thrown in during the two day contest.Link

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