Robots Making History
a. A soccer robot kicks a ball during the RoboCup German Open 2010 on April 15,
2010 in Magdeburg, eastern Germany (© Jens Schlueter/SFP/gettyimages/
Newscom). b. Tartan Racing’s “Boss”—winner of the Urban Challenge, a contest
sponsored by DARPA to have vehicles drive themselves through an urban environment
(© DARPA). c. One of NASA’s Rovers—a robot geologist exploring the surface of
Mars (Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech).