Talk:DARPA Robotics Challenge

Given the existence of and plethora of information within the existing articles regarding the DARPA Grand Challenge and the various specific DARPA Challenges, a page for the upcoming Robotics Challenge seems appropriate. There is already some information about the Robotics Challenge in the DARPA Grand Challenge page, and that information forms the core of this stub. Props to Disco1stu for much of the initial content. I'm sure there is much to fix (I'm not perfect?!? Oh the horror!) and hopefully a great deal to add (barring near-term zombie apocalypse or similar impediment) as the Challenge unfolds. LUxlii (talk) 20:05, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

In progress
The competition is in progress now. Worth updating the article in a day, when the results are in. --John Nagle (talk) 21:25, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

Possible COI problem.
At, new account inserted "The DRC was conceived of and is being managed by Dr. Gill Pratt, in DARPA's Tactical Technology Office (TTO)." While Pratt is managing the program, we don't have a cited source that says he conceived it. Removed that line. Possible WP:COI problem. --John Nagle (talk) 04:57, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

Teleoperation needs citations
added "During the trials the robots were still teleoperated for the vast majority of tasks.". That's uncited, and while not totally wrong, needs clarification. The detailed videos of the DRC, the four-panel videos that show the robot from three angles plus the operator, make it clear that some entries were very much teleoperated. In some videos, the operators are driving the robot with a game controller. But other entries (notably Schaft) seem to only require occasional operator intervention.

We need better cites for this article. Most of the available published articles are of the "gee wizz, wow" variety (mixed with "they're going to kill us all" articles). There's a distinct lack of "here is how it works" papers. Please look for those. This article is too superficial. --John Nagle (talk) 01:10, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

Boston Dynamics contract - 6 vs 8 platforms
The edit by Gillpratt (no user page to link to) regarding the number of platforms may be correct, but it does not agree with the source. The original source (still in place) says: " This effort will develop approximately 8 identical platforms ...". If the actual number of platforms is, indeed, six (as I suspect it is, given the seeming editor), the reference needs to be updated. THIS link implies six platforms for six Track A teams. Perhaps that is enough?LUxlii (talk) 22:56, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

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