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Robocars Take on DARPA's Urban Challenge.(The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency )

Article from: Design News Article date: September 24, 2007 Author: Ogando, Joseph

By Joseph Ogando, Senior Editor, Motion Control

Autonomous vehicle competition will put 36 robocars through their paces in a mock urban environment

Gentlemen, start your autonomous vehicles. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) (http://rbi.ims.ca/5404-555 ), last month, revealed the 36 teams whose robotic vehicles will compete in the agency's Urban Challenge (http://rbi.ims.ca/5404-556 ).

The Urban Challenge will send the autonomous vehicles through a mock city environment. They'll ...

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