Directory: Computers: Robotics: Competitions: DARPA Grand Challenge (25)
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DARPA Grand Challenge Race, L.A. to Vegas - A race of autonomous ground vehicles from the vicinity of Los Angeles to Las Vegas in 2004. The purpose of the race is to encourage the accelerated development of autonomous vehicle technologies that could be applied to military requirements.
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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