机器人新纪元

在美国各地,工程师们正在完成为期一年的紧急项目,以创造能够在一天之内,在无人为干预的情况下,穿越莫哈韦沙漠200英里的机器人。《大众科学》追踪了被看好的热门团队长达10个月,发现机器人技术的重大创新不足以赢得这样的比赛。痴迷也是必不可少的。

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W. Wayt Gibbs is a contributing editor for 大众科学 based in Seattle. He also works as a scientific editor at Intellectual Ventures.

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大众科学 Magazine Vol 290 Issue 3This article was originally published with the title “A New Race of Robots” in 大众科学 Magazine Vol. 290 No. 3 ()
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican032004-2NHjBlKSM8qHYwfUDEdGhI
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