DARPA Grand Challenge 3

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday May 2, 2006 @12:32AM from the robot-cabbie dept.

Meostro writes "DARPA announced the 3rd "Grand Challenge" today, The DARPA Urban Challenge. "To succeed, vehicles must autonomously obey traffic laws while merging into moving traffic, navigating traffic circles, negotiating busy intersections and avoiding obstacles." This year's new twist is two tracks for entry: the first is the same as the previous two challenges (develop on your own without Gov't. funding), but the second involves "submitting a detailed proposal for up to $1 million of technology development funds." Here is the PDF press release ."

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turning signals by mabu · 2006-05-02 02:44 · Score: 0, Troll

Will the DARPA challengers have to use turning signals?

If so this will be impressive, as at least half the driving population of the United States is unable to utilize that technology consistently.