Six bomb squads (from the Santa Fe, Albuquerque, and Farmington [NM] Police Departments; New Mexico State Police; the New Jersey State Police; and the Los Alamos National Laboratory) are taking part in a Robot Rodeo, which is being held this week at a remote Los Alamos Lab tech site.
The teams guide their robots through ten different challenges, including an obstacle course, simulated attacks, cooperation exercises and activities designed to test abilities to minutely control the robot, said Chris Ory, a member of the Los Alamos National Laboratory hazardous devices team.
One of the tasks is to make pancakes. Two teams - one from the Santa Fe Police Department and another made up of state police officers - went head-to-head on Wednesday morning.
The teams controlled the robots while watching video monitors in separate vehicles parked outside a small building. Inside the building, two judges sat at a table at the back of the room with syrup and butter at the ready. On either side of the room were tables holding electric griddles, pancake mix in a pitcher and a spatula. Each team had to first mix the batter, then cook four pancakes — two for each judge — and bring the two plates to the judges' table.
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Santa Fe New Mexican: Robot Rodeo: Bomb squads sharpen skills via remote pancake-making contest
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