Smart people, glorified institutions, and branding fused with sweet competition and financial reward broke ever more ground in automously driven vehicles. In the coming years they will roam the streets, further integrate supply chains, and leave the well paid trucker or cab driver to seek a new profession.
From article:
DARPA Director Tony Tether, who conceived of the races, compared Saturday's event to the Wright brothers' flight at Kitty Hawk in the early years of the 20th century, a small step that eventually led to things like jumbo jets.
"Bot on bot was a new experience (this year), and I saw them pass each other like any person would," Tether said in an interview with CNET News.com. "It was spooky."
Still, there's much work to be done before autonomous vehicles work well, and the race proved how hard it is. Of the 89 original applicants in the competition, officials chose only 35 to compete in a National Qualifying Event, which weeded out another 24 teams. On race day, only six out of the 11 teams completed DARPA's three required missions to cross the finish line, and then only four accomplished the tasks in under the allotted 6 hours.
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View the official "http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/"> DARPA grand challenge site for more details.
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