DARPA Grand Challenge Updates

Posted by Zonk on Saturday October 8, 2005 @05:51AM from the good-luck-folks dept.

Red Team writes "Today is the day. The official race route for the DARPA Grand Challenge was released to the first five teams at 4:00AM PST this morning. Our race planners are pouring over the race route getting ready for the launch. H1ghlander will start first at sunrise, around 6:15AM PST, followed by Stanford and then Sandstorm. For real-time updates on the race, you can track the Red Team race-day blog or catch the webcast on the official Grand Challenge page." Update: 10/08 20:57 GMT by Z : USSJoin writes "Stanford Racing, home of Stanley, has just finished the 131.2 mile DARPA Grand Challenge course. Considering that the CalTech Vehicle (Alice) jumped off the track toward onlookers only 8.3 miles in, this demolition derby-meets-AI demo has certainly been exciting."

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Re:any of the contestants here? by Edmund+Blackadder · 2005-10-08 07:10 · Score: 2, Insightful

"That does not make sense. We are talking about a cash prize of 1 million dollars (last years). What does winning one mil do for a defense contractor?"

nobody really cares about the 1 million ... they care about the contracts that will start flowing after a succesful vehicle has been made, and the army orders 50 000 autonomous trucks. It is obvious that the winner will be the one that is favoured to get the contract.