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Posted by on June 24, 2006, 9:46 am
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DARPA Urban Challenge for Autonomous Vechicles
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The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency(DARPA) has
scheduled its third Grand Challenge for autonomous robot cars for
November 3 2007. The new road rally will be through a mock urban
area which force robotic vehicles to obey traffic laws and move
through traffic while negotiating urban streets. The robotic
contestants must finish a 60 mile course within six hours to
win DARPA's $2 million first prize, a $500,000 second prize,
and $250,000 third place prize. Contestants can enter two
ways. Method one is to submit an application and participate
in a series of preliminary test, those passing the preliminary
test win $50,000 and get to compete in the semifinal round
known as the National Qualification event (NQE). Those
that pass the NQE win $100,000 and can compete in the
Grand Final contest. The second method requires
submitting a detailed technology proposal to DARPA and
allow the US government limited licensing rights to the
technology. On June 12, 2006 the updated rules, technic
evaluation criteria were released. All proposals are due by
June 26 2006
sources
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Official DARPA Grand Challenge Website
http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/index.asp
New Darpa Robot Car Challenge? City Driving
Extreme Tech. May 2 2006
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1956520,00.asp
DARPA issues call for street-legal robot racers
Jonathan Skillings. CNET May 2 2006
http://news.com.com/DARPA+issues+call+for+street-legal+robot+racers/2100-11394_3-6067419.html
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