The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) sponsored Virtual Robotics Challenge (VRC) has just completed its first phase, with the winners so far advancing from the simulation-round to the real-world round this fall: R. Colin Johnson @NextGenLog
The Atlas robot (pictured)from Boston Dynamics will be supplied by DARPA to the winners of the virtual robotics challenge, so they can compete against custom-built robots in the real-world competition in Dec. 2013. Further Reading