Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

DARPA Grand Challenge Kicks Off March 13th

Posted by timothy on from the for-great-justice dept.

GillBates0 writes "A quick reminder that the DARPA Grand Challenge is due to kick off March 13, the coming Saturday." He points to this "quick recap of the teams participating in the event," as well as details about the available satellite feeds. "The Atlanta-Journal Constitution is running a story about the event today. Quoting Frank Dellaert, co-director of Georgia Tech's robotics lab from the article, 'I would have trouble driving some of these roads myself. I think it's beyond the capabilities of autonomous vehicles today.' (shameless school plug). We'll see if the participants can prove him wrong." Iphtashu Fitz adds a link to the New York Times' coverage of the trans-Mojave race, whose participants include "among other things a seriously tricked out motorcycle. The race is being run by the Pentagon, who is offering a $1 million prize to the builders of the first robot to successfully navigate a 200 mile route across the desert. ... a blog on ScienceBlog about the race has just started as well."

6 of 137 comments (clear)

  1. Was this story submitted by a "Negro"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    If not, why is the motorcycle referred to as being "tricked out"?

  2. Um ... by Sonic+McTails · · Score: -1, Troll

    I just hope no one builds one with Windows because we know what will happen. We will have a robot that goes nuts and explodes when it BSODs.

    --
    This signature was left intentionally blank.
  3. (plus one informative) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    are a pathetic at 7east.' Nobody to stick somwething 4.1BSD product,

  4. MOD THIS DOWN TOO!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    the parent comment is totally irrelevant to the discussion. it adds nothing new to the topic at hand. he has been trolled, that is all.

    and mod this one down too, you faggots.

  5. Re:Who cares? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Who really cares? The poster gave you credit for it, and it's relevant to this discussion. Grow up.

    Heh, I'm just spectating, but the poster I'm replying to really has a sense of irony when he says to "grow up."

  6. autonomous vehicles far away by yagu · · Score: -1, Troll


    RIAA claims lack of success in creating working autonomous vehicles caused by illegal file downloading and file sharing.