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    Nine Teams to Participate in DARPA’s Underground Navigation Tech Development Contest

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has chosen nine multidisciplinary teams to develop approaches to explore underground environments as part of DARPA’s Subterranean Challenge. Participants will aim to produce technology platforms in the areas of autonomy, perception, networking and mobility for potential use by first responders and warfighters, DARPA said Wednesday. SubT is composed of a $2M “systems” competition […] More

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    DARPA to Host Competitors Day for Underground Tech Development Contest

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency plans to hold a competitors day on Sept. 27 to discuss its timeline and vision for a prize competition that will explore technology platforms for potential use by warfighters and emergency responders in underground settings. DARPA said Friday it seeks multiple teams to develop systems for mapping, navigating and searching man-made tunnel […] More