Overview
- Includes technical papers describing the competitors in the recent DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC)which attracted worldwide press attention and was a landmark event in the robotics community
- Well edited technical summary and review of the results of the DRC humanoid robotics competition
- Showcases the very latest technology for robotic perception, manipulation, and locomotion
Part of the book series: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics (STAR, volume 121)
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About this book
The DARPA Robotics Challenge was a robotics competition that took place in Pomona, California USA in June 2015. The competition was the culmination of 33 months of demanding work by 23 teams and required humanoid robots to perform challenging locomotion and manipulation tasks in a mock disaster site. The challenge was conceived as a response to the Japanese Fukushima nuclear disaster of March 2011. The Fukushima disaster was seen as an ideal candidate for robotic intervention since the risk of exposure to radiation prevented human responders from accessing the site.Â
This volume, edited by Matthew Spenko, Stephen Buerger, and Karl Iagnemma, includes commentary by the organizers, overall analysis of the results, and documentation of the technical efforts of 15 competing teams. The book provides an important record of the successes and failures involved in the DARPA Robotics Challenge and provides guidance for future needs to be addressed by policy makers, funding agencies, and the robotics research community. Â
Many of the papers in this volume were initially published in a series of special issues of the Journal of Field Robotics. We have proudly collected versions of those papers in this STAR volume.Â
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals: Humanoid Robots To The Rescue
Editors: Matthew Spenko, Stephen Buerger, Karl Iagnemma
Series Title: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74666-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-74665-4Published: 20 April 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09049-4Published: 11 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-74666-1Published: 09 April 2018
Series ISSN: 1610-7438
Series E-ISSN: 1610-742X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 684
Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 377 illustrations in colour