Darpa robot challenge showcases further potential for automation

While humanoid robots fumbled through basic tasks and obstacle courses, these slow and steady machines will surely win the race – for your jobsIt is very difficult to read the words “Defense Department” and “robots” and not immediately come up with the phrase “robot army”, but if this weekend’s contestants at the Darpa Robotics Challenge in Pomona, California, invaded your town, the damage would be about what a gang of arthritic 90-year-olds could do, if those 90-year-olds also k