Google’s self-driving cars are making headlines again, now that they’ve expanded testing from California into Nevada. Competitors are hot on their tail, but currently Google seems to have an undisputed spot on top of autonomous vehicular design. So how do they do it? With a combination of some incredible software and hardware engineering, using processes developed by both Google and the best and brightest of DARPA’s robotic race challenges.
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The driverless cars that want to run Google off the road
Google gets a lot of digital ink for its driverless car program, which recently got the go-ahead to expand its testing to Nevada highways. But Mountain View isn’t the only horse in this race. New start-ups and old standbys are preparing the cars of the future, and they all want a piece of the driverless car market. Here are five competitors to Google’s program, all trying to be king of the road.
DARPA reveals reason for failure of HTV-2 hypersonic vehicle
Last summer DARPA conducted a test of its unmanned hypersonic glider dubbed Hypersonic Technology Vehicle-2 or HTV-2. The vehicle was able to maintain stable flight for a while at 13,000 mph over the Pacific Ocean. The stable flight lasted 3 minutes before HPV-2s flight safety system plunged it into the ocean.
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DARPA to get prototype dual focus contact lenses for testing
DARPA will be taking possession of a new set of prototype contact lenses that could be available to the public as early as 2014. DARPA will be testing the lenses, which can be paired with a compact heads-up display to allow images to be projected onto the lenses of the glasses. DARPA hopes that contact lenses will help increase the situational awareness of soldiers on the battlefield.
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Latest DARPA Grand Challenge is for humanoid robots
DARPA has issued another Grand Challenge and this time it's for humanoid robots. The details aren't final just yet for the competition. However, unofficial details on the competition are available. These unofficial details come from Dr. Gill Pratt's talk at DTRA Industry Day. According to his details, the challenge is for preferably bipedal robots.
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SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: March 15, 2012
There are two big news stories that I've got to yell at you about this morning, and one of them is, believe it or not, about the iPad. Yes indeed, we do have our very own review of the new iPad here the day before the actual unit comes out in stores - you'll want to check out our New iPad Review (3rd Gen) right now or forever hold your iPad 2 units. Then you must listen to this - it's finally happened - after long last, the day you and I have all been waiting for for so very long has arrived: Diablo III has been announced for release: May 15th is the day, and across the earth is the place.
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DARPA toys with on-demand disposable satellites
DARPA are said to be looking into the possibility of using cheap, disposable satellites to provide reconnaissance and data to soldiers. The satellites would be deployable with the “press of a button”. The idea is to provide backup when existing satellites would not be in position, or would take too long to re-align. Still, DARPA's idea of "cheap" might differ from everyone else's.
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DARPA director jumps ship to Google
Regina Dugan, current director of DARPA, is leaving the government body to assume an as of yet unannounced position at Google. Google confirmed the move this morning, saying “Regina is a technical pioneer who brought the future of technology to the military during her time at DARPA”, and that she would “be a real asset to Google”.
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DARPA’s Cheetah quadruped robot breaks speed record
DARPA has released a video showing its Cheetah quadruped robot running at speeds up to 18mph, which shatters the previous record of 13.1mph set by MIT's Planar Biped robot in 1989. The Cheetah is developed by Boston Dynamics, who won the contract just over a year ago. The company is also responsible for the AlphaDog or LS3 pack mule robot and the Atlas humanoid robot.
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SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: February 20, 2012
We'd diving deep into portable gaming territory here on SlashGear with the PS Vita - take a peek at our unique coverage leading up to our full reviews both here in the USA and in the UK. Begin with the Microsoft is right to not sell a PS Vita competitor column by Don Reisinger. Next we've got your humble narrator's own Sony PS Vita 3G hands-on. Then read Chris Davies column by the name of Sony's four-screen strategy needs Vita OS. Take a peek at the Foxconn special coming out this week!
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DARPA wants real-life Avatars for soldiers
DARPA has funds set aside in its budget for 2012 that will pour $7 million into a plan that sounds so much like the James Cameron flick Avatar or that Bruce Willis movie Surrogates, that it's hard to believe DARPA is actually spending money on the project. DARPA says the goal of the plan is to "develop interfaces and algorithms to enable a soldier to effectively partner with a semi-autonomous bi-pedal machine and allow it to act as the soldier’s surrogate." This Sounds like brain controlled robots to me.
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Pentagon working on ‘Avatar’ project; yes, it’s what it sounds like
If you took all the money that James Cameron's 2009 smash hit Avatar raked in, you'd have the amount of money that has been set aside for the 2013 budget, which include a mission to turn the premise of that film into a real-life military project. It's even called the Avatar project. Believe it or not, the Pentagon believes it will only cost $7 million to implement. By comparison, Cameron's movie reportedly cost more than $235 million.
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