tom.mcinerney
10-10-2005, 06:17
2 of 3 finishers of this years' robotic vehicle challenge were 6.5L-powered [3rd was diesel Toureg].
"Darpa set up the competition in response to a Congressional mandate that the Pentagon develop technology to make one-third of the military's land vehicles autonomous by 2015."
NYT art, free access thru 10/16/'05:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/09/national/09robot.html {with fotos}
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/09/national/09robot.html?pagewanted=print {text only}
http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/
[sponsor's web site]
"Darpa set up the competition in response to a Congressional mandate that the Pentagon develop technology to make one-third of the military's land vehicles autonomous by 2015."
NYT art, free access thru 10/16/'05:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/09/national/09robot.html {with fotos}
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/09/national/09robot.html?pagewanted=print {text only}
http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/
[sponsor's web site]