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Pentagon Supported Robot Race Through Mock Traffic is Back |
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Pentagon driven robot race are back in Los Angeles, California, USA. The winners of last year's are expected to take on another challenge this time too to develop a vehicle that can autonomously drive itself through congested city traffic, without any human intervention what so ever.
It is to take place in an undisclosed location in November 2007, and supported by the Pentagon's Defense’ Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), to help development of autonomous military vehicles that could be deployed in war zones and emergency situations too risky for humans to enter.
The first prize, for the vehicle which finishes in less than six hours, is $2 million. Second and third prizes will be $500,000 and $250,000, respectively.
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