slashdot: DARPA Grand Challenge A Real Race At Last?

slashdot ^ | Tuesday July 19, @05:51PM | Zonk

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

DARPA Grand Challenge A Real Race At Last?

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday July 19, @05:51PM
from the flat-out dept.

museumpeace writes "News.com has posted its second story in a week on a hopeful Grand Challenge contender. Stanford's Stanley, a VW Touareg run by 100,000 lines of code can hit 40 mph and has now traversed all but 3 miles of last year's desert course without problems. A few days earlier, Carnegie Mellon University's Team Red announced that its Sandstorm, a modified Hummer, had run 200 miles without any problems though on a closed track. DARPA cut the field to 40 in June and will cut it to 20 before the race in October."

[skinkinthegrass]

Thanks for the **Robot** Race Update. :D

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I think it does have military implications.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

fyi

[Fierce Allegiance]

If anyone is running a DARPA Off Road Challenge type ping list, please let me know.

[BenLurkin]

Interesting!