US Robots Win Big Down Under 60
An anonymous reader writes "US teams dominated the MAGIC 2010 autonomous robotics competition, mapping and neutralizing simulated bombs at the 250,000 sq. meter Royal Showgrounds in Adelaide, Australia. Leading the pack with a team of fourteen robots was Team Michigan, principally from the University of Michigan, followed by the University of Pennsylvania, and RASR. This contest marks the beginning of practical robots that not only think for themselves, but also actively coordinate with a human commander."
No wonder the US robots won (Score:5, Funny)
Re:No wonder the US robots won (Score:2, Funny)
Ah yes Adelaide, the only place a bomb would do $5,000,000 worth of improvements.
Re:I love robots (Score:3, Funny)
"I just hope robots don't become cheap soldiers that any rich guy can own his personal army."
They probably will be used for war if they become somewhat useful. That's the most important thing ever, right?
Re:No wonder the US robots won (Score:4, Funny)
All the Australian robots realised they were in Adelaide and were quite happy to let the place get blown to bits.
Nonsense! Robots love Adelaide. You didn't think the place was designed for humans, did you? The city's laid out in a nice rational square, the nasty rust-making river is damn-near non-existent and nothing ever happens. It's the sort of place an AI can sit back, chill out and let its hard drive spin down because it knows it won't be needing to make note of anything.
Misread title (Score:3, Funny)
I read the title as US Robotics and thought it had to do with the modem company winning a lawsuit in Australia. I guess I've been reading slashdot too much lately that I always assume somebody is being sued in the stories.
SO THAT'S WHAT WAS GOING ON! (Score:4, Funny)
So that's what was fucking going on!
You dick heads, I was doing exams, and all I could hear were planes and all sorts of shit happening in the background.
Nice and considerate!
For those not students of Adelaide University or UniSA, we do exams in the Showgrounds pavilions. No wonder we weren't allowed in the Wayville pavilion which is what we usually use. I did notice and odd amount of military personnel around the exams, I just assumed they were taking cheating seriously... real seriously.