“We expect the robots will demonstrate the competence of a 2-year-old child, giving them the ability to autonomously carry out simple commands such as ‘Clear the debris in front of you’ or ‘Close the valve.’ The robots will still need to be told by human operators which tasks to chain together to achieve larger goals, but DARPA’s hope is that this demonstration will show the promise disaster response robots hold for mitigating the effects of future disasters.”

now with more cuddly rescue capability instead of ominous “military applications”

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