Team Grit – Grit Robotics

Grit and DARPA in the News

March 19, 2015March 5, 2015 by Luke

With the announcement of Team Grit and 24 other teams we are seeing a number of news articles showing up online. Here are a few that give some information about the challenge, the teams, and photos of the robots we are up against.

These 25 Teams Will Try to Win DARPA’s Robot Olympics – Popular Mechanics
25 Teams to Participate in DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals – Product Design & Development
The Robots Are Coming – The Wall Street Journal
THE SCARY-DEXTEROUS ROBOTS OF THE DARPA CHALLENGE – Wired
Blog: DARPA Announces Robotics Challenge Finalists – SIGNAL
Local robot Calif.-bound  to compete – The Daily Sentinel
DEATH BY SLAPSTICK: WILL THE DARPA ROBOTICS CHALLENGE’S FINAL, GRUELING STAGE KILL THE HUMANOID BOT? – Popular Science
Pentagon invites Team Grit’s robot to compete in DARPA Robotics Challenge – The Criterion (CMU)
Blíží se přehlídka nejlepších humanoidních robotů na světě Více na (Approaching the best show of humanoid robots in the world) – ZIVE.cz

We look forward to seeing more news!

DARPA Announces Team Grit as Qualified

March 5, 2015March 5, 2015 by Luke

DARPA has announced Team Grit as a qualified! Cog-Burn our robot, will be one of 25 robots developed to provide assistance to humans in a disaster. There is also a $3.5 million worth of prizes for the top 3 teams. Finals will be on June 5th and 6th 2015 at Fairplex in Pomona, California.

The full press release from DARPA can be found at: 20150304_Web_Feature_DRC_Teams_Finals.pdf

Below is a video showing some improvements in the works to increase movement speeds, the speed is necessary to compete with the increased difficulty of the finals challenges.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MKwBObn4xk

Computer Controlled Polaris XP 900 Steering

November 10, 2014 by Luke

Computer Controlled Polaris XP 900 Steering – Grit Robotics working on a side project to make a self driving Polaris XP 900, this is a video showing the power steering being controlled by a computer using CAN messages. We have also tapped into the throttle controls and speed sensors and can send messages to have the vehicle accelerate.

We Are Social

September 29, 2014 by Luke

Check Us Out! — Check out our Social Links on the Right

We are now more social than ever, Grit Robotics can be found all three major social networks and soon videos can be found on YouTube! So chose the social network of choice and follow us using the links on the sidebar or below, or just follow us on all the networks. We will be posting all our Blog posts, 3D printing, links from the news, videos of Cog-Burn in action, and so much more as we work on our projects.

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Kairos Autonomi Visits Grit Robotics

September 27, 2014 by Luke

Kairos Autonomi and Grit Robotics recently met up for friendly facility tours and to show off some of their projects. The two teams are competing in the DARPA Robotics Challenge to develop robots capable of assisting humans in responding to natural and man-made disasters. Kairos Autonomi has full autonomous vehicle kits that they produce for various organizations, similarly Grit Robotics has experience building self driving vehicles. Both teams competed in the DARPA Urban Challenge in 2005. Below are some photos of the teams checking out each others great work.