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Stanley and the Conquest of the DARPA Challenge

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the still-drives-better-than-some-people-i-know dept.

geekboy_x writes "Wired has a great in-depth piece on the Stanford team that won the $2 million DARPA prize. If you remember last year's disaster - with most vehicles falling off the road in the first kilometer or so - this victory becomes all the more amazing. The fact that the Stanford team used a 'tailgating' strategy is the best surprise in the article."

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  1. Nice acheivement, but... by PTS+Tech · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Is is practical? If the vehicle is going to travel more slowly than what passes for normal on most freeways, how it's going to avoid road rage incidents?

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