The 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals

The DARPA Challenge is a competitive obstacle course that allows robotics teams to win millions in prize money. More than that, the challenge displays the future benefits of general purpose robots that could aide in future disaster relief.
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[@Stijn081]

Imagine how silly this will look in 50 years. "That robot just opened a door? WOOOOOOOOOOH!!!!"

[@myyplayylist]

Seriously

[@purplenurple4113]

lol Imagine how few of us they will need in 50 years time #conspiracy haha

[@morrisl7]

uhh yeah imagine what they were saying when we landed on the moon in 69.... main difference between then and now is people are a lot stupider.

[@purplenurple4113]

haha

[@walperstyle]

About as silly as government trying to tax people as a means to solve climate change.

[@guimarques013]

Can you guys imagine how silly this video will be in 20 years from now? We know that today, for a robot to climb stairs, pick up objects and get out of a car are very hard activities motion/balance wise. But these are just things that we'll see as primitive in the future, as we see today, for instance, the major breakthrough of 512KB flash drives or the amazing design of Windows 95. Really cool! Looking forward to that future!

[@SchneiderStudios]

Guilherme Marques The progression of robots is much, much slower than the progression of computers.

[@rightwingindonesian]

SchneiderMan But the progression is exponential, and not linear. It might seem slow now, but it's getting faster as time goes on.

[@dzignhost]

Guilherme Marques it's got all to do with funding. Where the money goes that's where we get a boom in tech. Just look at phones.

[@marcobarros4742]

Guilherme Marques In 2017 those things already look like childrens toys. Atlas 2017 can now make a backflip all because it got funded. The future is knocking man...

[@NameNotAlreadyTaken2]

This looked just as silly 20 years ago as well.

[@ajtronic]

I got excited when the robot climbed the last step. Just awesome.

[@thomas380380]

TheVerge edited that part really well. The suspense.

[@ajtronic]

I could have been watching in silence, still awesome.

[@DamianReloaded]

AJ06 It was cool, but it was also hilarious, couldn't help thinking of the "potty train". ^_^

[@antdx316]

+ajtronic People always overlook the the easiest stuff like walking around as amazement. Should look up the paralyzed people videos who have to use robotic legs just to go like 50 feet. Moving laterally and balancing w/ 1 foot is a huge challenge for robots and still for people who don't practice it.

[@NashHinton]

I love the sarcasm. Robots are a joke.

[@SammyHannat]

I can't wait for when I look back at this and laugh at how basic these tasks were but for now, I'm amazed

[@mrbombastikalime9867]

Isn't it weird how they didn't mention military applications?, I reckon they've done a shifty, and they used the public to create robots for them then there going to upgrade them or advance their technologies to be used for the military.

[@sebastiaomendonca1477]

Crazy how far we've come even in just 5 years

[@roflcopterkklol]

If i showed this to someone in the 1980's they would lose their fucking minds... The future is going to be amazing... look where we are already..

[@bobbyolson6729]

roflcopterkklol If you showed someone this in the 1980's..they would be more interested in the time machine :P

[@roflcopterkklol]

inoffensive coddler Only if people are allowed to keep breeding like mindless animals for the next 50 years. over populated by 5 billion people at the moment and all that.

[@roflcopterkklol]

inoffensive coddler He deleted all his comments so all i see is you talking with yourself :)

[@drew1035]

Why isn't this done every year? It'd be awesome to see the progress made each year...

[@theliquidsword]

5:18 Me last Saturday night...

[@mmklko]

Hahah best joke

[@suki467]

HAHAHAHAH💀💀💀💀

[@akextremerickert]

*15 minutes to pick up a drill* "Yeah!!!! Get some!!! Whoo"

[@MoneyMan28]

Trillions of calculations are taking place every second to keep you alive

[@Dev1nci]

I think robots will be used as soldiers a lot more than as doctors and paramedics.

[@FutureGameDev]

Anybody know where I can see the first place run? This video put me on a robot kick.

[@quranalone5824]

Wow, it seems to be much fun to build a robot!

[@eventhisidistaken]

It *is* fun. You can get started with something inexpensive and simple, such as an arduino based wheeled robot with sonic sensors.

[@thatdudewelove8498]

OMG it wouldve been such an honor to be a part of that team!

[@megax9579]

this is the best iv seen u bet

[@artbyrobot1]

I love the DARPA challenge! I hope my robot I'm making will compete one day :)

[@TUDelftTV]

I get strangely excited by these videos. Really cool to imagine the enormous amount of work behind these robots.

[@taoyizhi]

This is awesome!

[@rockialewis1325]

very cool and nice

[@legna20v]

i am sure that in 5 year they will be doing the same course in 10 mins. but what i find funny is that scientist are always so optimistic about technology and dont think who is gonna end using it. 20 or 30 years from now we could see super fast and strong robots dismantling protests

[@elvissilva3307]

Show de bola!

[@MichaelTucker]

*Robots in the Field* Imagine how much effort has been put in to get these machines to make gestures that we would consider to be normal? Each team is given and hour to complete a series of tasks, with the winner being the team that undertakes these tasks in the minimal amount of time. Many things can go haywire in this challenge. Many of the robots fell over trying to complete the tasks. #Darpa #robotics

[@stizandelasage]

I thought of an awesome platform for you guys

[@grislopez615]

Tancke you my friend

[@EzequielEvolves]

so it begins.... were are you John Connor!!!!

[@elnauhual]

And now, just 8 years later we have robots doing parkour... WOW!!

[@rajveershekhawat309]

PLease share the video of finalist (Tartan Robotics) of DRC2015 if anyone has the link.

[@limitless1692]

we are on the edge of tomorow

[@GaryMcKinnonUFO]

That's pretty bloody impressive after the door.

[@spongeyperson]

3:05 Ohh, they use KDE. I wonder what distro they use...

[@ashravicmehmet6055]

Can we imagine if the current Atlas by BD show off its skills during the race😁

[@FlickExplainTV]

These robots are so cool!!

[@raa9550]

cool stuff

[@davidfriedfeld]

There is a focus on the comments on military options . I think we are a multiple number of years away from that. The competition was initiated after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear facility disaster . Of course we will use “ high tech and robots “ in war . BUT THE OPPORTUNITY to use robots in “ search and rescue , recovery and repair “ is more likely now in 2024

[@rogier5591]

"Teams have spend years designing robots, that could aid in an emergency... And potentially do much more" Killing people. His is talking about killing people isn't he?

[@thanasisanagnopoulos9265]

+Rogier B yep he sure is

[@Ale-mv3gr]

Rogier B And fighting other robots

[@LukeTEvans]

gladiator bots who will turn against their masters like in spartacus or gladiator with russel crow bot

[@three-bark1928]

Seriously...

[@jtno2]

Sexbots.

[@AntonioMartinez-pw9wz]

Science is absolutely amazing!

[@asking4afriend311]

I think the robots from Boston Dynamics would dance on the metal corpses of these DARPA "winners".

[@MicahCola]

Good to hear Gabe from The Office is doing voice over work.

[@AC-pm7sn]

Did you find the DARPA Chief, Donald Anderson there?

[@Nayson]

Cole Byre He wasn't feeling very well so he went for a lie down but now he's missing and I'm quite worried. He left a load of food under his bed. I hope he won't mind that I took it.

[@ajeethsuryash5123]

Gives me goosebumps

[@kangrutgers1155]

so cool

[@rockialewis1325]

very cool

[@puffy98]

Please show me about the 1st place team!

[@Philadelphia_times]

how can I get a entry level job in robotics? ?

[@texassabre7214]

It warms my heart to see some Americans still works hard.

[@jordanmntungwa3311]

is there a reason the verge showed second place and not the robot that got first place? is it because it's Korean ?

[@michaelbernhardt389]

I didn't know Kid Rock was in to robotics.

[@sandmastermaster]

Meanwhile atlas is doing backflips

[@zandovic]

Now also parcour

[@zandovic]

Just came from the most recent Boston Dynamics videos and in comparison, this video here looks like a joke lol

[@tristand9129]

Yo i know that this isnt easy but why would it take 15 min to go upstairs when other robots can do backflip

[@plasmidd]

What Is This Chappie 2015 Edition?

[@nekonari22]

Korea's KAIST team won? Yay!

[@cynthiabaker-smith6814]

2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals

[@mattiastrudesson6238]

Atlas today 2021 has developt a lot.

[@TOMMYBOY6969]

Where is Honda's robot Asimo ?

[@ze_southgate9466]

Das Video vermittelt folgendes: Ingenieure treffen sich im Lego Land und freuen sich aus Bausteinen eine Brücke zu bauen, wir sind doch ca. 20 Jahre weiter

[@rockialewis1325]

very cool and nice💬

[@UnholyTingz]

Build a protecton "protect and serve"

[@gc3k]

The narrator sounds like he'd ignore you by staring at his smartphone if you asked him a question

[@thomasalias8492]

Where was Boston Dynamics during this whole thing?

[@Bakkefication]

People cheer when a robot opens a door, and people are worried about Skynet becoming a thing lol

[@tsvetomiriliev3068]

Bakkefication About skynet, skynet is AI controlling the robots, if the military atm dont allow robots to choose if a human is threat and kill him or not I doubt they will make skynet and give total control over all robots to an AI that may have code glitches happening now and then. Why do we need the robots? As I said at another video: We need farming robots, after that the government must invest some money to get them and put them on the fields to work 24/7 with attached charging cable to them, the costs for food and vegetables will drop tremendously, after that at 2020 cars with autopilot to transport the food, so at the end you will have a very cheap food to buy. The government must also do the same when it comes to mining, producing electricity and water supply. A great deal of money must be invested in solar/wind energy so they can keep charging the robots. Remove all private sector from these areas and the government will have enough resources to give away for free to their citizens, meaning that every unemployed citizen will actually get pension no matter what the age, thus he will be able to sustain himself without working. The happyness level of the population will be off the charts because at this moment people feel like slaves when it comes to not having an option but work something which you do not prefer, almost against your will because you do not have choice, if you do not work you get thrown to the streets and die.

[@BoStanfordify]

Very impressive. Its gonna be fun to look at these videos in 20 years. They will look so primitive.

[@DaaaahWhoosh]

It's cool to see so many people watching a robot competition, nice to know this is something people can be passionate about. I feel sad that the Koreans are probably going to make better stuff than Americans, but as long as we all see the benefits I'm fine with that.

[@MouseGoat]

when the dapa test first was announced it sounded super impossible, now i watching a robot make it through In 5 years from now one will be doing it smoothly, and in 10 ... well, I-Robot will not be fiction anymore.

[@MouseGoat]

Nyctophobia actually what am i saying, it will be 4 years max.

[@OlivioSarikas]

The new age is coming closer every day :)

[@NashHinton]

The new age being ecocide and our kids laughing at you technouptopianists?

[@seangehrke3133]

I saw a map of the course in a magazine

[@codemiesterbeats]

5:29 says the dude that is participating in a program for military/defense department. lol

[@schalazeal07]

I find the robot sooo cute!!! XD It's not even alive.. but who knows in the future right?! :D

[@absconditusabsconditus3241]

What are the people at 3:28 doing?

[@wearelying4384]

whats the point of this challenge?

[@gomaker]

super

[@atomixx_1255]

COOL

[@SchneiderStudios]

It'll only take us another 1K years until we can make a real life Chappie.

[@masonraytx]

Those dang robots are takin our jobs!!!

[@bendover5950]

This should be the prelude to a Transformers movie, Show how Cybertron was created.

[@UnearthCreations]

now lets all go over to Boston dynamics and see that their robot can literally do it all in half the time

[@pkumn]

Where are is Hubo

[@damienmccue2793]

RIP these boys, there's a new flipping robot in town

[@whiskeyandagyro3135]

so the jetsons was nonfictional?

[@eventhisidistaken]

I for one, welcome our robot overlords.

[@johnsmith4630]

well, I guess it's not time to welcome our new robot overlords yet...

[@KaitoKaze]

we will be the scifi story really soon hahaha

[@up4life108]

where can i find the funny looking robot at 5:27 ?

[@ocvipe]

shakeys look like they're dancing.

[@momythz8196]

I still watching in 2021

[@DAREDEVILBKLYN]

If thorium works as a small energy source then the trick will be the power plant as technology here but not the small super propulsion system for flying drones or flying robots one day.

[@mahdimhz4673]

چه جالب

[@juanmercuri6554]

¿porque todos los robots que crean son tan diferentes a los humanos?, yo creo que los músculos y el esqueleto humano es el modelo bípedo perfecto, y se alejan tanto de ese modelo

[@briannacorn]

gps like a drone 4 legs that switch to 2 self stabilized

[@biscuitsalive]

Nice to see a positive report from this. So many twazzarks mocking the achievements seen here.

[@truth-12345.]

This challenge is too soon for the year, there are so many tasks that they want the robot to do. Those tasks can only be achieved by years of perfecting every specific functionality and synchronize all of it together.

[@eane1275]

PLEASE give it rocket pods

[@S.hyunism]

wow

[@JDJD-hg9hu]

South Korea 🇰🇷 👍🏻

[@christiankotzle6822]

skynet is not the problem we are a long time away from that but it's possible. the problem is the people you are working for want robots to use as a army that don't ask questions just do whatever you say no matter how tribal the orders are

[@ecoao80]

Not enough white dudes with bad facial hair in Verge videos. Thanks for following the American team and not the winning South Korean one. Awesome job guys.

[@shakaama]

yeah when i found out the koreans won, i felt gypt

[@juliopchile]

A weapon, to surpass Metal Gear.

[@gotj]

Can´t see the winner, *Team Kaist's* robot in the video... Oh well, anyway, USA, USA!

[@crazycoyotie]

did petman suck I seen no more advancement on it ???

[@chris1.2]

2:50 what’s going on there?

[@RemiStardust]

Does the speaker sound too-cool-for-school or what?