Monday, October 10, 2005

we have a winner

we have a winner

The Stanford University team's entry, "Stanley", has won the DARPA Grand Challenge. It completed the complicated 132 mile desert route in 6 hours, 53 minutes. Not bad at all for a machine whose only driver is a computer; no human intervention at all. This same technology can be applied to rovers on other planets or for autonomous vehicles on the battlefield. It is also a fun way to earn 2 million dollars. Well done, Stanford.

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1 comment:

ABFreedom said...

That's most excellent. I remember the disappointment all involved had last year.