Aussies claim silver at ‘Robot Olympics’
West Australian, Other, 25/09/2021, Tracey Ferrier
A technically brilliant team led by Australia’s national science agency has kicked NASA’s butt in a global challenge deep inside the bowels of the Earth. The CSIRO-led team has claimed silver at an event participants think of as the ‘Robot Olympics’, an epic three-year competition that has just concluded in a vast old limestone mine in the US state of Kentucky.
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Sydney Morning Herald, Other, 25/09/2021, Stuart Layt
A team of Australian scientists have taken a podium finish at the international “Robot Olympics”, despite not being able to travel to the United States to compete due to the pandemic. The team, led by scientists from CSIRO, ended up taking second place after tying for first but getting pipped on the tie-break criteria.