CNN.com - Robots fail to complete Grand Challenge - Overview of the event.
SAIC - Article titled "The Grand Challenge that Everyone Won - DARPA's Unmanned Ground Vehicles Race".
Wired News - Article titled "This Humvee Is Car and Driver".
DARPA Grand Challenge 2005 - A DARPA-sponsored series of races across difficult terrain. The vehicles in the races are autonomous (self-driven) vehicles built by various teams. Racers' progress, links to team websites, details about the course, and images from the final race.
NPR : Robot Vehicles Race for $2 Million Prize - Teams from across the country launched 40 robots yesterday on a 150-mile trek through the Nevada desert. The Pentagon's advanced research agency will pay $2 million to the winner. Last year, no robot finished the course. [4:43 streaming audio broadcast]
NPR : Competing in the Government's Robot Race - Renee Montagne talks with Michael Griffis, owner of Eigenpoint Company. Griffis helped design a robot that is competing in this year's DARPA Grand Challenge. [3:02 streaming audio broadcast]
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