<p>On March 21, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced Google's SCHAFT robot will switch to the unfunded Track D for the DRC Finals 2014, which allows for two more teams to compete in the robotics challenge. The robotics teams will compete for a grand prize of $2 million.</p><p>Team THOR will use the DARPA funds, up to $500,000 for each team, to continue work on the Tactical Harzardous Operations Robot (THOR) at two universities. One team will continue work on THOR at the University of California Los Angeles while a second team will be stationed at the Robotics &amp; Mechanisms Laboratory (RoMeLa) at Virginia Tech. THOR is a bipedal, humanoid robot and scored eight points at the DRC Trials 2013.</p><p>Team ViGIR (Virginia-Germany Interdisciplinary Robotics) will also receive funding to compete in the DRC Finals 2014. The team's modified ATLAS robot also scored eight points at the DRC Trials 2013.</p><p>Team KAIST, from South Korea, will also compete in the robotics challenge, as part of the self-funded track, with its DRC-HUBO robot.</p><p><a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/darpa-robotics-challenge-finals-2014-googles-schaft-will-be-self-funded-more-competitors-added">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/21/5534090/google-rejects-darpa-funding-for-one-of-its-new-robotics-companies">Google rejects military funding for its advanced humanoid robot</a> (The Verge)</p><p><a href="http://frenchtribune.com/teneur/1422084-schaft-remains-darpa-robotics-challenge">SCHAFT Remains in DARPA Robotics Challenge</a> (French Tribune)</p><p><a href="http://guardianlv.com/2014/03/robots-that-work-autonomously-being-developed-by-darpa/">Robots That Work Autonomously Being Developed by DARPA</a> (Guardian Liberty Voice)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dMFMRmyPXQGdC-Ml3Bqkn-Y3EpesM&authuser=0&ned=us">30 additional articles.</a></p>