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See Inside DARPA's Incredible Subterranean Finals Course

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When DARPA announced that the Subterranean Challenge Final Event would take place in a giant cavern complex in Louisville, and that it would include elements of tunnels, caves, and the urban underground, we had very high hopes for what the agency would put together. And, predictably, DARPA vastly exceeded those hopes.

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Segway Navimow debuts X3 Series robot lawn mower that covers up to 2.5 acres without perimeter wires

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Presentations of this new model in the United States begin today at the Equip Expo in Louisville, Kentucky through October 18, with pre-orders only open to dealers and distributors at the moment. This allows it to keep on course and keep its performance precise, even in environments where maintaining its signal can prove challenging.

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Q&A: Inside DARPA’s Subterranean Challenge

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Deep below the Louisville, Ky., DARPA designed the competition to advance practical robotics in extreme conditions, based around three distinct underground environments: human-made tunnels, the urban underground, and natural caves. A series of three preliminary circuit events would give teams experience with each environment.

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Video Friday: Constant Gardener

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DARPA SubT Finals – September 21-23, 2021 – Louisville, KY, USA WeRobot 2021 – September 23-25, 2021 – [Online Event] IROS 2021 – September 27-1, 2021 – [Online Event] ROSCon 2021 – October 20-21, 2021 – [Online Event] Let us know if you have suggestions for next week, and enjoy today's videos. ANYbotics ] Thanks Cheila! ElliQ ].

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DARPA SubT Finals: Robot Operator Wisdom

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Each of the DARPA Subterranean Challenge teams is allowed to bring up to 20 people to the Louisville Mega Cavern for the final event. And of those five, just one person can be what DARPA calls the Human Supervisor. We tried to diversify our robots for the different kinds of environments in the challenge.

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Video Friday: Constant Gardener

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DARPA SubT Finals – September 21-23, 2021 – Louisville, KY, USA WeRobot 2021 – September 23-25, 2021 – [Online Event] IROS 2021 – September 27-1, 2021 – [Online Event] ROSCon 2021 – October 20-21, 2021 – [Online Event] Let us know if you have suggestions for next week, and enjoy today's videos. ANYbotics ] Thanks Cheila! ElliQ ].

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Study finds unprecedented urbanization and urban expansion in East-Southeast Asia from 2000 to 2010

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By explicitly measuring the urban density (persons per kilometer) change for each agglomeration, the researchers showed that, contrary to previous findings, urban growth has outpaced land expansion. 2015) “A new urban landscape in East–Southeast Asia, 2000–2010” Environ. The World Bank has also published its own analysis of the data.

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