Whoa, check out this thing...

RockMonkey

Suddenly Enthusiastic
Here's more information on the Grand Challenge, for those who aren't familiar with it: http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/

The Rip-Saw thing is pretty cool, but it seems to me that it's way more capable than is necessary for the Grand Challenge. It's a lot more of an autonomous navigation and AI test than an off-road capability test. I'd like to see them take it to some terrain that really challenges it's capabilities and see what it can do. Wonder what it weighs...
 
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