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DARPA Grand Challenge Teams Submit Videos to DARPA

Posted by timothy on from the film-at-11-in-some-timezone dept.

doughnuthole writes "The deadline for DARPA Grand Challenge teams to submit their videos to DARPA just passed and some have posted them online. Some of the teams with these videos posted are Team Caltech, Axion Racing, Virginia Tech (on the Media page), Insight Racing, and UMass Dartmouth. The Grand Challenge is a 175 mile race run by fully autonomous vehicles. Since no teams completed the 2004 race, DARPA decided to run it again, this time for $2 million."

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  1. I dunno by OffTheLip · · Score: 4, Insightful

    but where I live it seems most of the cars on the road are self driven. The person behind the wheel is usually taking care of more pressing things like chatting on the phone, eating, putting on makeup, etc.

  2. Re:Last Year was appalling... by doughnuthole · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Last year teams had such a short period of time, it was difficult to write all the necessary software and spend the time necessary to test and refine. Now many teams have learned a lot from the previous race and have much more time to improve. Several are now able to drive fully-autonomously at speeds of up to 20 mps while still avoiding obsticles and following a path. The maximum speeds will continue to increase and bugs will continue to be routed out as teams gear up for the race.

    Most teams are not in it for the money, but for the sake of science and engineering. Some teams will spend close to that amount before all is said and done.