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."
Re:mapping and neutralizing simulated bombs... (Score:3, Informative)
All the taxpayers money seem to be destined to blow things up.
Please see this chart [wikipedia.org] which shows Defense as 23% of taxpayer's money.
Re:I love robots (Score:3, Informative)
Not US soldiers - the Afgan and Iraqi army troops trained by us.
http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=afghan+army+defect+insurgents [lmgtfy.com] - the top link refers to an unit defecting just two weeks ago.