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Stanford and Volkswagen Create Autonomous Vehicle

nght2000 writes "Stanford University has created an autonomous driving robot to compete in the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge Race. The race will be held on October 8, 2005 in the desert Southwest. The team that develops an autonomous ground vehicle that finishes the designated route most quickly within 10 hours will receive $2 million. The route will be no more than 175 miles over desert terrain featuring natural and man-made obstacles. The Stanford Racing Team's vehicle is a Volkswagen R5 turbo diesel Touareg that was donated by Volkswagen of America. The Stanford Team has been working with the Volkswagen Electronics Research Laboratory on the project."

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  1. mac = great by stinkfinger1310 · · Score: -1, Troll

    linux sucks ass but people think it's cool anyway...

  2. stupid jew by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    if his post is hidden, how did you know to reply to it, dumbass?

  3. In soviet Russia... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ... cars drive you !

    Yeah, of course, you expected that from the title, so why did you even read the comment ?

    But believe it or not, this one has never been done before ! (Well either that, or the search function on slashdot is broken.)

    How is that possible ? Death of a meme ? Subculture falling apart ? End of slashdot as we know it ?