Darpa Goes Underground for Its Most Daring Robot Extravaganza Yet
b'On Thursday, Darpa gathered roboticists in the Louisville Mega Cavern, in Kentucky, and gave them a mission: Design robots to navigate a grueling subterranean course of tunnels and caves, some of the most unforgiving environments on Earth. They\\u2019re calling it the Subterranean Challenge, but you may as well call it the Death to All Robots Challenge. This event, which will begin next year, is a fundamentally different Darpa beast than the Darpa beasts that came before it.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'