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March 06, 2015

25 teams to participate in DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 06, 2015
The international robotics community has turned out in force for the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) Finals, a competition of robots and their human supervisors to be held June 5-6, 2015, at Fairplex in Pomona, Calif., outside of Los Angeles. In the competition, human-robot teams will be tested on capabilities that could enable them to provide assistance in future natural and man-made disasters. Fourteen new teams from Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, the People's Republic of China, South Korea, a ... read more

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Thales, ASELSAN continue missile system development

RAAF commences unmanned aerial system training in the United States

China manufacturing shrinks again in February: govt

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