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DARPA Robotics Challenge

DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC)

The DARPA Robotics Challenge was a U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency prize competition (2012–2015) for semi-autonomous ground robots performing disaster-response tasks in dangerous, degraded, human-engineered environments. The Trials were held in Florida in December 2013 and the Finals at the Fairplex in Pomona, California, on 5–6 June 2015. It is a historical reference.

First published: 2012
Organizers: DARPA
Tasks: 8
Simulator: —
License: —

What it measures

Ability to complete a set of timed disaster-response tasks with degraded communications, scored by task points and completion time.

How it works

Teams completed eight timed tasks with their robots in a degraded, human-engineered environment. The Finals had a maximum of 8 points, and ties were broken by total time. The Trials had a maximum of 32 points.

Why it matters

It is a timed, public reference point for early humanoid and disaster-response robots, including the DRC-era hydraulic Atlas and the Hubo platform.

Scoring

Metrics

Metric	Key	Unit	Direction
Task points	`points`	Unitless	Higher is better ↑
Finish time	`finish_time_s`	s	Lower is better ↓

Hardware

Robots involved

Boston Dynamics Atlas (hydraulic) →

IHMC used the DRC-era Atlas ('Running Man'), which placed second in the Finals. KAIST's DRC-HUBO and Tartan Rescue's CHIMP are not in the roster.

Timeline

Editions and next edition

Trials
Dec 20, 2013 · Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, Florida, USA
Held 20–21 December 2013. Results are not included in this dataset.
Finals
Jun 5, 2015 · Fairplex, Pomona, California, USA
Held 5–6 June 2015 with $3.5 million in prizes. KAIST won $2 million, IHMC $1 million and Tartan Rescue $500,000.

Recorded outcomes

Results

Finals, top eight by position

Edition 2015-finals · Jun 6, 2015

Positions, points and times are from the definitive post-event journal paper; IEEE Spectrum independently confirms the top three. Ties on points were ordered by completion time. The Finals had eight tasks and a maximum of 8 points. DARPA initially announced 25 finalists, WPI reported 24 teams at the event, and DARPA's retrospective says 23 ultimately competed; this file follows the published final standings and includes only the top eight.

Rank	Robot / policy	Team	Task points	Finish time (s)	Notes	Sources
1	DRC-HUBO	TEAM KAIST	8	44:28	44:28. Best time among the three teams with 8 points. Won the $2 million first prize (IEEE Spectrum).	[1][2]
2	Boston Dynamics Atlas (hydraulic)	TEAM IHMC ROBOTICS	8	50:26	50:26. Won $1 million (IEEE Spectrum). Mapped to the roster's hydraulic Atlas entry.	[1][2]
3	CHIMP	TARTAN RESCUE	8	55:15	55:15. Won $500,000 (IEEE Spectrum).	[1][2]
4	Momaro	TEAM NIMBRO RESCUE	7	34:00	34:00. Fastest time in the table, one point fewer than the top three.	[1][3]
5	RoboSimian	TEAM ROBOSIMIAN	7	47:59	47:59.	[1][4]
6	Boston Dynamics Atlas (hydraulic)	TEAM MIT	7	50:25	50:25.	[1][5]
7	Boston Dynamics Atlas (hydraulic)	TEAM WPI-CMU	7	56:06	56:06.	[1][6]
8	DRC-HUBO (UNLV)	TEAM DRC-HUBO AT UNLV	6	57:41	57:41.	[1]