France ’s equivalent of DARPA has a noble-minded project for you . The National Research Agency is challenging engineers to contrive and construct an independent rock oil - drilling robot that can operate continuously for six weeks at a clock time . And they’rewilling to pay off you handsomely .
Well , to be exact , the French oil company Total is offering a € 3.5 million ( nearly $ 5 million ) budget and a € 500,000 ( about $ 680,000 ) prize for the winning team . The National Research Agency ’s websitedescribes the so - called Argo challenge :
The destination of the ARGOS Challenge is to further the development of advanced robotic capableness in oil & gas environments . The programme is based on robot systems which can safely run in complete or supervised autonomy over the entire onshore or offshore output site , potentially in hazardous explosive atmospheres . The overall objective is to enhance the safe of operators in apart production situation .
It ’s actually a fairly brilliant approximation . As we ’ve seentime and prison term again , practice for vegetable oil is a dangerous occupation — however necessary for keeping our gas guzzle machines running . But just as remote-controlled aerial vehicles make a hero pilot ’s job safer — and just asautonomous hand truck are already operating at some mine — these boring droning will inevitably save some lives . Until they grow mind of their own and change state this beautiful planet into Swiss cheese , that is . [ Digital Energy Journal ]
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