Topic: ROBOT - on December 23, 2013 at 2:50:00 PM CET
Google's Schaft robot wins Darpa rescue challenge
A robot developed by a Japanese start-up recently acquired by Google is the winner of a two-day competition hosted by the Pentagon's research unit Darpa.
Team Schaft's machine carried out all eight rescue-themed tasks to outscore its rivals by a wide margin.
Three of the other 15 teams that took part failed to secure any points at the event near Miami, Florida.
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