The challenge is aimed at developing autonomous robotic solutions for first responders in underground environments where GPS and direct communications are unavailable.

Warner, the WPI robot, has been taking driving lessons -- one of a number of challenges he'll need to compete in the DARPA robotics challenge finals next year.

Many roboticists competing in the finals of the DARPA Robotics Challenge earlier this month, said they are backing away from autonomy in order to make their robots work faster and more efficiently ...

Intelligent Automation, Inc. (IAI) will demonstrate its Multi-Arm Robot Control Software (MARCS) technology at the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) Expo taking place at Homestead-Miami Speedway on ...

"The primary goal of the DARPA Robotics Challenge program is to develop ground robotic capabilities to execute complex tasks in dangerous, degraded, human-engineered environments," explains the ...

The Road to the DARPA Challenge chronicles the intense competition and collaboration that’s fueling the biggest robotic showdown on the planet. At stake for the teams -- a $2 million dollar prize.

No drivers at all. This was the DARPA Grand Challenge — the world’s first robot car race. It was March 13th, 2004, a watershed moment in autonomous vehicle history.

From the people who brought you the internet, the latest version of the Atlas robot will be used in its disaster-fighting robotic challenge.

Michigan Technological University's Robotics and Remote Sensing Lab brought home an unprecedented win in the international Benchmark Autonomous Robot Navigation Challenge. Their victory could set a ...