Which is somewhat ironic, when you consider that the race is for robots only.

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Stacked with laser scanners, radar, cameras and loads of processing power, the race's robots nimbly avoided each other.

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Simply to qualify for the race, competing robots must deal with unplanned roadblocks, wait their turn at four-way intersections and merge across a lane of traffic.

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In November, DARPA put street-level robots to the test in its Urban Challenge, a race of 12 autonomous cars through simulated city streets populated by obstacle cars.

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Dilworth, Troody's creator, hopes the pigeon-sized robot will be mother to a whole race of dinosaur-like robots that will walk around museums, entertaining and educating children.

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