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The program is conducted as a series of qualification steps leading to a competitive final event, scheduled to take place on November 3, 2007, in Victorville, California. DARPA is offering $2M for the fastest qualifying vehicle, and $1M and $500,000 for second and third place.

The entire final event will be covered in a professionally hosted webcast starting at 6:30 AM PT on November 3 that will feature views of the competition from a variety of positions. Two event websites – www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge and www.grandchallenge.org will have regularly updated content on the competition and will serve as portals to the final event webcast.

From October 26-31, vehicles will be evaluated on their ability to operate with live traffic. Vehicles will attempt to make safe left turns across moving traffic, and pull out at T-intersections with cars arriving from both directions. In other tests, vehicles will follow narrow winding roads, avoiding parked cars and other obstructions. Vehicles must also maneuver into a designated parking spot, and negotiate 4-way intersections and road-blocks.

To watch the November 3 final event online, visit our live webcast at www.grandchallenge.org , starting at 6 am PT.

1 posted on 10/26/2007 10:37:00 PM PDT by dickmc
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To: dickmc

THANK YOU for posting this.

... now I just have to stay awake another 6 hours.


2 posted on 10/26/2007 11:53:32 PM PDT by JerseyHighlander
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; KlueLass; ...

Al Gore invented DARPA too, so this is election-2008-relevant. ;’)


4 posted on 10/28/2007 6:44:24 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Monday, October 22, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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