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Team Michigan Wins International Robotics Competition

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Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

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After 461 days of preparation and five days of demonstrations displaying ground-breaking robotics technologies, three teams from America have topped the inaugural Multi Autonomous Ground-robotics International Challenge (MAGIC 2010). Australian Minister for Defence Science & Personnel Warren Snowdon announced the results of the competition and named Team Michigan as the overall winner. The team, from the University of Michigan, received a $750,000 grant during an awards function at the Land Warfare Conference in Brisbane earlier. "I congratulate the prize-winning teams…

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