New DARPA Grand Challenge to make humanoid robots

Hizook – The new DARPA Grand Challenge is for a humanoid robot (with a bias toward bipedal designs) that can be used in rough terrain and for industrial disasters. The robot will be required to maneuver into and drive an open-frame vehicle (eg. tractor), proceed to a building and dismount, ingress through a locked door …

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Bakken and Three Forks-Sanish Oil Update

North Dakota Production is over 177,000 barrels per day in August, 2008. Barrels per well increasing from 1000 last year to 1400 this year. This does not include about 50,000 bopd from Montana or the Saskatechwan bakken oil. The Three Forks Sanish Formation which is the geological layer below the Bakken Oil formation shows promise …

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