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  • High schoolers take on experts in robot race

    Nineteen teams, including one from a California high school, have qualified to enter a robotic-car race with a purse of US$1 million, and six more may be allowed to join, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency said this week.

  • Robot race has serious consequences

    For Tony Tether, an upcoming race of robot cars isn't just about creating new technology for the military. It's also designed to inspire a new generation of technologists.

  • Aussie team takes DARPA race smarts to business

    An Australian team has used knowledge gained from the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Urban Challenge to help corporate and government projects.

  • Google lunar challenge gets under way

    A privately funded race to land a rover on the moon could cost each team well more than the US$20 million grand prize they're vying for, but all of the contestants view Google's Lunar X Prize as a new engine for business in space.

  • Robocopters dodge obstacles, each other

    University of California researchers are tinkering with technology that will, ideally, let helicopters fly themselves.

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  • Intel hammering out robot standards

    Intel is developing standards for building inexpensive robots that eventually could automatically inspect industrial equipment or take aerial photographs.

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  • Intel hammering out robot standards

    Intel is developing standards for building inexpensive robots that eventually could automatically inspect industrial equipment or take aerial photographs.

  • Humans look to robot race

    Commentary: Cars are fun, but they kill people. Can the US defence industry help change this unendearing side effect of modern motoring?

  • Thinking Machines?

    "What is intelligence?" The answer for now is, we don't know. But that hasn't stopped researchers from designing systems that act independently of human beings, learn from experience, and make decisions.

  • Meet Intel's resident Nostradamus

    David Tennenhouse is one of Intel's big-picture guys, looking for the next decade's big thing. His forecasts for the chipmaker and the industry may surprise you.

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