Stanford wins driverless car race

The Stanford Racing Team is Stanford University's response to the DARPA Grand Challenge. The Grand Challenge was an off-road robot competition devised by DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) to promote research in the area of autonomous vehicles. The challenge consisted of building a robot capable of navigating 175 miles through desert terrain in less than 10 hours, with no human intervention.

On October 9, 2005, Stanley and the Stanford Racing Team were awarded 2 million dollars for being the first team to complete the 132 mile DARPA Grand Challenge course in California's Mohave Desert. Stanley finished in just under 6 hours 54 minutes and averaged over 19 mph on the course.

For more information visit http://cs.stanford.edu/group/roadrunner/

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[WS102]

All your desert are belong to Stanford...

;)

[Nikon05]

@diajtax Imagine technology that would kick in if a driver fell asleep at the wheel? It's not a race, its advances in useful technology

[MustNotRead]

i've heard that Stanley only reached a maximum speed of 22mph. I'm interested to know, what limited its speed. AI computer processing power? or some kind of safety precaution?

[Awesomeuserdude]

@diajtax

You're not thinking outside the box. This may look at first glance to be useless, but the uses of it go far beyond 'lazy people who don't feel like driving'. This technology can be used to transport people unable to drive. There could be sensors installs that will warn you of incoming cars that you can't see, so you can avoid it quickly. Our cars would automatically take control to avoid a crash if the human driver isn't responding.

[Personaboutspeed]

@diajtax You are a lazy fuck because you can't be innovative.

[diajtax]

id smoke all those cars in reverse in a freak geo. driverless cars are lame and pathetic. u lazy fucks.

[RoadNeki]

Hi guys I found this really interesting thing on driverless car, it is titled :

The car that thinks: The thinking car or mindless junk?

I found it at MyCarMyChoice (dot) com under Tech Funda.... I bet it's interesting!

[redelman431]

Alright!! Now I won't need anybody to drive me home while drunk. Neither will I need to drive my kids to school.