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Re:Darpa Wants Insect-Scale Robots for a Micro-Olympics by hobls on Friday July 20, 2018 @10:55AM (#17575474)
That’s really neat. I don’t know anything about the field —- how accessible is this type of contest to small teams of advanced hobbyists? Are we going to see mostly companies with advanced equipment competing? I’m curious about the competitive landscape.
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Re:Darpa Wants Insect-Scale Robots for a Micro-Olympics by mhb on Friday July 20, 2018 @09:11PM (#17580201)
Abstracts are due less than a month after the initial announcement of the program. Doesn't that limit it to entities which are already pretty far along?
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Re:Darpa Wants Insect-Scale Robots for a Micro-Olympics by windows_tips on Friday July 20, 2018 @11:03AM (#17575545)
Seems like if your bot can or could meet the expectations of the challenge(s) the contest is open to you.

I'd be wary of signing anything to compete though.

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Re:Darpa Wants Insect-Scale Robots for a Micro-Olympics by hobls on Friday July 20, 2018 @11:06AM (#17575564)
Well my bots are all software and they’re very bad at piling rocks. I’m just curious what the hobbyists who are in this space think of the competition, and whether they can be competitive.
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