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  • November 2007
    • Carnegie Mellon Wins $2M in Robot Car Race

      Carnegie Mellon Wins $2M in Robot Car Race

      (Newser) - A robot car built by Carnegie Mellon University and General Motors beat out ten others to win a race for self-driving vehicles, race officials announced today. The cars had 6 hours to complete a 60-mile course—including missions like parking and merging into traffic—in pursuit of a $2 million grand prize. Second-place finisher Standford University won $1 million and third-place Virginia Tech took home $500,000. More »

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      California   General Motors   driving   Virginia Tech   Stanford University   robotics   Carnegie Mellon University   DARPA   car race   Urban Challenge

    • Robots, Start Your Engines

      Robots, Start Your Engines

      (Newser) - Some of the most high-tech vehicles in the world will compete for big money by zipping around a race course tomorrow, all without one low-tech component—a human driver. Eleven robotic vehicles will race in a simulated city environment at a former Air Force base in California, Forbes reports. The winner gets $2 million and a crack at military contracts. More »

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      US military   robots   DARPA   autonomous cars   Urban Challenge

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