US Army names five winners of xTechHumanoid robot competition

The US Army has announced five winners of the xTechHumanoid competition on military uses of humanoid robots. Among them is Alex, a 29-joint robot from the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition with ballistic protection and hybrid AI-human autonomy. The contest drew 103 proposals.

• xTechHumanoid was run by Army FUZE xTech and HCoC
• Winners include two power systems, tactile sensors, software and robot Alex
• Alex has 29 joints and ballistic protection
• The competition received 103 proposals