The DARPA challenge, sponsored by the U.S. military, is probably the ultimate robotic field test. Competing teams build an unmanned robotic vehicle and then race it across the Mojave Desert. So far in the history of the race, no team has succeede ...
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The DARPA challenge, sponsored by the U.S. military, is probably the ultimate robotic field test. Competing teams build an unmanned robotic vehicle and then race it across the Mojave Desert. So far in the history of the race, no team has succeede ...
Added: Nov 4, 2008
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