What appears to be ordinary robotics student work is really a team called Coordinated Robotics’ fevered build-up to a major event in the realm of autonomy: the last round of the Subterranean Challenge, held by the US government’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or Darpa. The SubT Challenge, which began in 2018 and will end in the Mega Cavern, challenges both robots and roboticists to overcome the perilous set of challenges that exist underground—low vision, inadequate connection, and concealed terrain. The virtual contests are based on the idea that anybody with enough intelligence and access to a computer may make a significant contribution to the study. A total of $5 million in prize money is on the line.
Source: https://www.wired.com/story/darpa-challenge-robot-olympics-underdog/
