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Teach A Robot To Drive, Win A Million Bucks

Posted by timothy on from the and-spend-it-all-in-vegas dept.

An Anonymous Reader writes "DARPA has released the details of a 'Grand Challenge,' with a $1 million prize. The challenge is to build an autonomous vehicle which can 'navigate on its own over a 250-mile desert course in less than 10 hours.' from L.A. to Vegas, 'without external communication or human control.' The contest is to be conducted in March 2004, and is open to all comers. Can we get at least one entry to represent slashdot?" We've mentioned this contest a few times before: any intended entrants out there want to disclose your secret plans?

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  1. Re:Sounds Easy To Me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "For example, an extremely large vehicle that simply travels on a straight line between two points by climbing over or breaking through everything in its path (and destroying what cannot support that movement) is not the type of intelligent solution that is sought." - DARPA Site

    Obstacle intimidation algorithms not allowed. :/

  2. What's wrong with making processors for missles? by raehl · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You're just looking at the problem all wrong.

    You're not providing the guidance so the missle kills someone, you're providing the guidance so the missle DOESN'T kill all the doctors and patients in the hospital next door to the target.

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    paintball
  3. Re:Before you slam DARPA.. by ocelotbob · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Lemme guess, you'd also like to slam DARPA for builing that blasted ARPAnet? I mean, what good ever came of that?

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    Marxism is the opiate of dumbasses