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〈 二足歩行ロボットキット 〉 MANOI　PF01 新品価格 ￥198,450から (2013/12/24 01:44時点)

ひねる、投げる、歌う、踊る凄いラジコンロボット『二足歩行ラジコンロボアクター』 新品価格 ￥39,980から (2013/12/24 01:45時点)

ペンタゴンのロボットコンテストっていうのもすごいが。
Ｇｏｏｇｌｅが勝ったというお話。
レスキューコンテストということで、別に戦争的なバトルをするコンテストではない。
むしろ助ける方のコンテスト。
Google's Schaft robot wins Darpa rescue challenge
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25493584
A robot developed by a Japanese start-up recently acquired by Google is the winner of a two-day competition hosted by the Pentagon's research unit Darpa.

Team Schaft's machine carried out all eight rescue-themed tasks to outscore its rivals by a wide margin.

Three of the other 15 teams that took part failed to secure any points at the event near Miami, Florida.

Schaft and seven of the other top-scorers can now apply for more Darpa funds to compete in 2014's finals.

Darpa said it had been inspired to organise the challenge after it became clear robots were only capable of playing a very limited role in efforts to contain 2011's Fukushima nuclear reactor meltdown in Japan.

"What we realised was ... these robots couldn't do anything other than observe," said Gill Pratt, programme manager for the Darpa Robotics Challenge.

"What they needed was a robot to go into that reactor building and shut off the valves."

ロボットはもともと日本の開発会社でGoogleが買収したところと。
資金力というのは恐ろしいものだ。