Underground With Robots

Abstract

Briefly reports on the recent DARPA Subterranean Challenge. Travel was still considered a risk this past September when the DARPA Subterranean Challenge was scheduled to take place in Louisville, Ky. But after attending the preliminary rounds of the SubT Challenge in 2019 and 2020, senior editor Evan Ackerman was determined to make it to the final event in person. Vaccinated, tested, and masked, Ackerman spent a week inside the Louisville Mega Cavern with the eight finalist teams and their robots.