The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) puts out lots of public requests for scientific research, including high-profile competitions involving robotics and space launch tech. But today, the agency tweeted a very simple plea: it needs a massive, maze-like underground facility for running experiments, and it needs it right now.
What kind of facility, exactly? Well, “the ideal space would be a human-made underground environment spanning several city blocks [with] complex layout & multiple stories, including atriums, tunnels & stairwells,” explains DARPA. Basically, it’s looking for an indoor shopping mall, a subway system, or a ‘90s first-person shooter map — preferably run by a university or a business that specializes in…