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Originally Posted by theprgramerdude
DARPA challengers failed because they lacked the processing power to see and analyze in real-time, something a human has the power to do.
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I believe you'll find that the DARPA contestants had large, jeep styled vehicles filled with computers and sensors - more computing power and more sensors than your team will be able to afford.
They also had tens to hundreds of programmers and engineers trying to solve a very specific problem - avoid obstacles on a road.
More time, more man power, and an *easier* challenge.
Take a portion of this years game - defense. Defense is as simple as harassing a robot. A challenge that will keep you up for days is determining what is a robot, and what is a field element. Another problem that will keep you up is determining which robot is the one you want to defend. The last problem is *how* you defend it.
All of these are decisions that a human can make very very quickly - Harass this robot, stay between it and the goal, and make sure it doesn't take a shot.