DARPA Urban Challenge
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Tuesday, 22 of September , 2009 at 2:10 am
Last week, we posted an excellent NOVA video on the DARPA Grand Challenge, which took place in 2005. A few years after that came another DARPA sponsored competition for robot cars called the DARPA Urban Challenge, and while there isn’t a NOVA special on it, I did find this overview video that’s worth watching. Near the end, DARPA director Tony Tether likens the DARPA challenges to Kitty Hawk: in of itself, it may not seem like much, but it’s an important first step in the development of a technology that may come to revolutionize the way we travel.
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Category: Artificial Intelligence, Competitive, Research
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Comment by Jason
Made Tuesday, 22 of September , 2009 at 7:19 am
There was a Discovery Science Channel documentary on the Urban Challenge called Robocars, but it isn’t available online as far as I know. You might be able to dig it up around the ‘net though if someone digs enough.
Comment by dshope
Made Wednesday, 23 of September , 2009 at 8:33 am
While the video is great you might want to reword those first few sentences. It’s not clear what you’re saying to people without prior knowledge about the history of the DARPA Autonomous Challenges.
Last week….A few years later…
I’ve been able to touch the Highlander and Sandstorm robots Carnegie Mellon entered into the Grand Challenge a few years ago. Pretty beastly machines with a lot of computing power.
Comment by Evan Ackerman
Made Wednesday, 23 of September , 2009 at 9:13 pm
Yeah, I kinda blew it on those first few sentences, didn’t I?