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Inside DARPA's Robot Race

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ghost-cars dept.

Belfegor writes "The PBS series Nova has a great feature on their website, regarding the coverage of the DARPA-sponsored 'Robot Race' in which driverless vehicles 'competed' in a 130-mile race across the Mojave Desert. The full show is available on the website, and besides that they have plenty more information about the robotics behind the challenge, and also some pretty cool out-takes from the show."

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  1. Re:You almost never see the words by hackstraw · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    They specifically mentioned Jessica Lynch and how she was just a truck driver who should never of been exposed to combat.

    She should have not volunteered for such a dangerous job.

    I have a pet peeve with sob stories about how people enter known dangerous jobs, especially the military, where their existence is to be disposable to help the poor people of Iraq and ensure the economic welfare of the people back home.

    Now, the initial invasion of Iraq is at best controversial. The continued occupation with no plans of leaving are another story. Every time I see one of those cute bumper stickers that say, "I support our troops" which is the most noncommittal version of "Its OK to be at war", I say to myself, "Then bring our troops home where they are safe".