Wednesday, May 03, 2006

DARPA Grand Challenge 3

DARPA announced the 3rd 'Grand Challenge, The DARPA Urban Challenge.
'To succeed, vehicles must autonomously obey traffic laws while merging into moving traffic, navigating traffic circles, negotiating busy intersections and avoiding obstacles.' This year's new twist is two tracks for entry: the first is the same as the previous two challenges (develop on your own without Gov't. funding), but the second involves 'submitting a detailed proposal for up to $1 million of technology development funds.' Here is the PDF press release.

(from slashdot)